Economics
U.S. Condemns Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis as Ethnic Cleansing
- Secretary of State Tillerson adopts term as official policy
- Move may lead to ‘possible targeted sanctions,’ Tillerson says
Refugees walk toward camp after crossing the Bangladesh Myanmar border, at Anjuman Para near Coxs Bazar, on Nov. 19, 2017.
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The U.S. condemned Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim population as “ethnic cleansing,” a designation that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said could lead to “possible targeted sanctions.”
While Tillerson suggested any new sanctions would be narrowly focused, the U.S. denunciation undercuts Myanmar’s international standing as it is beginning to recover from decades of economic isolation under its former military junta and could stem the flow of foreign investment into the country.