KOTA KINABALU: Economic development and trade partners of Myanmar are the key to resolving the Rohingya humanitarian crisis there, according to an international relations academician who visited the country recently. "Therefore, it is this aspect of economy that can also be the key to Nay Pyi Taw's re-thinking, and hopefully stopping, of the violence in Rakhine. While noises on human rights issues and threats of further humanitarian crisis abound, it is in fact business as usual for the Myanmar economy, she observed. "Rakhine, for one, despite the violence, is an important source for oil and gas, marine and agricultural products, and other natural resources. It is even building an economic zone to further develop its trade activities through its sea route with Bangladesh.

Source: New Strait Times September 22, 2017 02:48 UTC