Erdoğan discusses Rohingya crisis with Myanmar leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday regarding the crisis in the Rakhine State.

The two heads of state discussed ways of resolving the crisis and sending humanitarian aid to the region. Erdoğan expressed that the violations of human rights was worrying to the international community.

An ongoing attack escalated against the Rohingya Muslims on Aug. 25 and approximately 2,600 homes of the Rohingya were set ablaze, forcing over 125,000 of Myanmar’s 1.1 million Muslims to flee to southeast Bangladesh.

The Turkish president added that Turkey was supportive of efforts to resolve the crisis and said that Myanmar “should steer clear of disproportionate force,” as well as be “sensitive of the rights of civilians.”

In an earlier address, Erdoğan described the death of Rohingya Muslims as a genocide and added that he will bring up the Myanmar process on Aug. 19 in the General Assembly of the United Nations.