Rex Tillerson met Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s leader, to discuss the crisis that has prompted more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee. Rex Tillerson with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma today. The US secretary of state described the claims of violence as “horrific” Aung Shine Oo/APThis week the Burmese military published the results of an internal investigation clearing its forces of shooting villagers and of a campaign of sexual violence. Rights groups dismissed it as a whitewash and published research outlining evidence of genocide. Mr Tillerson said that the US was “deeply concerned by credible reports of widespread atrocities” in Rakhine state, and called on the government to allow independent investigators access.

Source: The Times November 15, 2017 17:03 UTC