{"id":64192,"date":"2020-11-21T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T10:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=64192"},"modified":"2020-11-21T10:49:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T10:49:02","slug":"boris-raises-uks-concerns-over-rohingya-crisis-with-suu-kyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=64192","title":{"rendered":"Boris raises UK\u2019s concerns over Rohingya crisis with Suu Kyi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the UK's ongoing concerns over the Rohingya crisis and conflict in Rakhine.<\/p>\n

During a telephone conversation on Friday, the British Prime Minister and Suu Kyi discussed the challenges facing Myanmar.<\/p>\n

He began by congratulating her on her party's recent electoral victory, according to British Prime Minister's office.<\/p>\n

The election mark another important step in Myanmar's transition to democracy, said the British Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

The two leaders discussed how their countries can work together to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the UK hosting COP26 next year, they also agreed on the importance of combatting climate change.<\/p>\n

The British Prime Minister reaffirmed the UK's commitment to the wider Indo-Pacific region and to a closer partnership with ASEAN.<\/p>\n

The human rights situation in Myanmar deteriorated, particularly in Rakhine and Chin states, and civilians increasingly bore the brunt of the conflict, said the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in a ministerial statement on human rights priority countries on Friday.<\/p>\n

The UK called on Myanmar to abide by the International Court of Justice's provisional measures ruling; however, the Rohingya continue to be deprived of basic rights and dignity.<\/p>\n

The UN reported that more children were killed or maimed between January and April than in the first half of 2019.<\/p>\n

There were also widespread reports of arbitrary arrests, torture, deaths in custody, burning of villages, conflict-related sexual violence, and “clearance operations” in conflict areas, perpetrated by both the Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups, said the UK statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the UK’s ongoing concerns over the Rohingya crisis and conflict in Rakhine. During a telephone conversation on Friday, the British Prime Minister and Suu Kyi discussed the challenges facing Myanmar. He began by congratulating her on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n