Britain suspends Myanmar military training due to Rakhine violence


A police vehicle drives past the Maungdaw township in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, where hundreds of Rohingya militants security forces, government service men and civilians have died recently in clashes between security forces and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. – EPA pic, September 19, 2017.

BRITAIN said today it had suspended its educational training courses for the Myanmar military due to the ethnic violence in Rakhine state.

London said it had “deep concern” about human rights abuses and would not be resuming the military courses unless there was an “acceptable resolution” to the ongoing Rohingya crisis.


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