“It’s a symbolic measure but I think it’s an important one and a significant message to Myanmar,” Rensje Teerink said on Wednesday. Amnesty International says Myanmar security forces are using crimes against humanity in a targeted, systematic and widespread campaign of violence to drive Rohingyas out of Rakhine State. Earlier in September, the 28-nation bloc was the first to ask the Myanmar security forces involved in ongoing operations in Rakhine State to exercise “maximum restraint” and to protect unarmed civilians. She was nominated by EU HR/VP Catherine Ashton as EU Ambassador/Head of Delegation to Nepal and EU Representative to SAARC in April 2013. With Bangladesh, the EU is engaged with the 2001 cooperation agreement that sets the legal framework.

Source: bd News24 October 18, 2017 18:00 UTC