(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW YORK, Sept 20 (KUNA) - Kuwait on Wednesday called for the immediate cessation of repression against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and allow them to live in peace, while condemning all forms of terrorism.
"We call for the immediate halt of all repression acts carried out against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar," Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said in a speech before the UN General Assembly in New York.
He called on the authorities in Myanmar to allow the Rohingya to live in peace and grant them their rights.
The authorities in Myanmar have been assaulting the Rohingyas which forced hundreds of thousands of them to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, promoting an international outcry.
His Highness the Prime Minister said Kuwait was firmly against all forms of repression and terrorism, violence and extremism, and supported international measures to eradicate terrorist groups.
Kuwait, he added, was provided logistical support for the international counter-terrorism coalition.
He noted that actions of so-called Islamic State (IS) were "violating the simplest human rights principles," and have created humanitarian disasters.
His Highness the Prime Minister said the Middle East region faced numerous security challenges, which required collaboration of countries of the world to confront the menace of terrorism, whose victims were mostly civilians. (end) bs.asf
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