Erdogan urges Muslim countries to help Rohingya

2017-09-10 11:41:35

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ANKARA, Sept 10 (KUNA) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday called on Muslim countries to "use every means available" to stop the "cruelty" perpetrated against Myanmar's Rohingya.

"We want to work with the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to prevent the humanitarian plight in the region," he told the opening session of an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in the Kazakh capital Astana.

Erdogan said Turkey had offered aid and said he expected that Bangladesh authorities admit and help Rohingya Muslims fleeing the violence in Myanmar, according to Anadolu agency.

"International organizations, and we as Muslim countries in particular, should fight together by using every means available to stop that cruelty," he said.

Erdogan had previously promised to raise the Rohingya issue at the annual meeting of UN General Assembly later this month.

Rohingya, described by the UN as the worldآ's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.(end).

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