(CNN) The general many hold responsible for the Rohingya refugee crisis has told Pope Francis there is "no religious discrimination" in Myanmar. The Pope met Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and other top generals in the former capital Yangon for a 15-minute "courtesy visit" followed by an exchange of gifts, according to Vatican spokesman Greg Burke. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands at the Commander in-Chief's office in Naypyidaw on December 2, 2015. It amounts to a fingers crossed approach that if we are nice to the (Myanmar) military, they will suddenly come around," he said. Experts warn that this trip will require the Pope balance a uniquely complicated set of humanitarian, diplomatic and religious questions.

Source: CNN November 28, 2017 04:07 UTC