Obama says Myanmar needs to end discrimination of Rohingya to succeed

Washington: President Barack Obama said on Monday that Myanmar needs to take seriously the issue of how it treats the Rohingya people if it wants to be successful in its transition to a democracy.

Obama, speaking to a group of young Asians invited to the White House, said the United States is focussed on making sure Rohingya who have been subject to human trafficking or are adrift at sea are relocated.