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Asean to discuss Rohingya issue in Yangon on Dec 19

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Foreign ministers to seek long-term solution to unrest in Rakhine state.

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KUALA LUMPUR:
A meeting between Asean foreign ministers will take place on Monday in Yangon to discuss the oppression of and violence towards the Rohingya ethnic minority group in Myanmar, the Dewan Negara was told today.

Deputy Foreign Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican said the ministers would seek a long-term solution to the current situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar’s northern region during the meeting.

“The decision was made when Myanmar eventually agreed to the continuous recommendations by Malaysia after both sides traded statements to back their stand (on the issue),” he said.

He said this when winding up the debate on the Supply Bill 2017.

Reezal said his ministry had earlier written a letter to the foreign minister of Laos, to propose an Asean foreign ministers’ emergency meeting on the issue, but was rejected.

“Malaysia has insisted that the situation in Rakhine has become an international issue which has implications to regional political and economic stability, and is not merely an internal issue of Myanmar,” he said.

In the meantime, Reezal said the secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had informed all OIC member nations to seek their agreement of the emergency meeting and Malaysia’s preparedness in organising it.

In another development, Reezal said the government had four humanitarian projects in Gaza estimated at US$6.5 million (RM29 million) following Prime Minister Najib Razak’s visit there on Jan 22, 2013.

He said the projects, among others, were the construction of a ministry building, the rebuilding of the Al-Nour Al-Mohammadi Mosque, the construction of a new block for the Al-Rantisi Hospital and the setting up of a Malaysian vocational school.

“The new block (of the hospital) will house new departments, including a coronary care unit, haemodialysis unit, emergency unit and outpatient unit.

“The haemodialysis and coronary care units are the only such units in Gaza,” said Reezal.

He said the Malaysian embassy in Egypt was entrusted with monitoring the development and implementation of the humanitarian projects.

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