"I don't think there is ethnic cleansing going on. I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening," she said. "It is not just a matter of ethnic cleansing as you put it - it is a matter of people on different sides of the divide, and this divide we are trying to close up," she added. Suu Kyi told the BBC she was ready to welcome any returning Rohingyas with open arms. She defended the actions of the Myanmar military during the Rakhine operation, denying it was off the hook.

Source: bd News24 April 06, 2017 04:30 UTC