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China welcomes Myanmars efforts to alleviate situation in Rakhine
More than 400,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled from Rakhine across the border to Bangladesh following a counter-insurgency offensive by Myanmar`s army in the wake of militant attacks on security forces.
Beijing: China`s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China welcomes the measures taken by Myanmar`s government to alleviate the situation in Rakhine state.
Wang made the comments in New York on Thursday on during a meeting on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly with Myanmar officials, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
More than 400,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled from Rakhine across the border to Bangladesh following a counter-insurgency offensive by Myanmar`s army in the wake of militant attacks on security forces.
UN officials have described Myanmar`s strategy as "ethnic cleansing".