China Offers Solution for Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Myanmar
- Foreign Minister Wang met with leaders of Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Wang outlined three-point plan involving refugee repatriation
A Rohingya refugee child walks back to his house at Thankhali refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on Nov. 17.
Photographer: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty images
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A top Chinese diplomat proposed a resolution to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar that has seen more than 600,000 Muslims flee across the border into Bangladesh.
At a joint press conference on Sunday with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi outlined a three-point solution that would allow Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the situation. The steps included a cease-fire, repatriation of refugees and talks on a long-term solution.