Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, center, who chairs the recently created Rakhine State Advisory Commission, is escorted by local authorities as he arrvies arrives at the airport in Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. More than 1,000 Buddhists in Sittwe wracked by religious and ethnic strife protested Tuesday’s arrival of Annan, saying the Ghanaian is meddling in the country’s affairs by leading a government-appointed commission to find solutions to the conflict. (Esther Htusan/Associated Press)SITTWE, Myanmar — More than 1,000 Buddhists in a Myanmar state wracked by religious and ethnic strife protested Tuesday’s arrival of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saying the Ghanaian is meddling in the country’s affairs by leading a government-appointed commission to find solutions to the conflict. Many Buddhists in Rakhine and across Myanmar consider Rohingya to be Bangladeshis living in the country illegally, though the ethnic group has been in Myanmar for generations. During their six-day Rakhine trip, the commission will visit the Rohingya camps and meet members of political and religious groups.

Source: Washington Post September 06, 2016 03:26 UTC