Myanmar Junta Hits Back at U.S.’s Rohingya Genocide Declaration
- Foreign Ministry says ‘never engaged in any genocidal actions’
- Shadow government urges U.S. to refer situation to ICC
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Myanmar’s military government on Tuesday rejected U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s declaration that the Min Aung Hlaing-led military committed genocide against the Rohingya minority in 2016 and 2017.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that “Myanmar has never engaged in any genocidal actions” and harbors no “genocidal intent” for any group. Blinken’s remarks were “politically motivated and tantamount to interfering in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.”