Turkish FM to visit Bangladesh to discuss Myanmar violence

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will travel to Bangladesh on Wednesday to hold meetings on the ongoing violence in Myanmar, according to foreign ministry sources.

At least 3,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed and nearly 125,000 fled to Bangladesh.

Çavuşoğlu will travel to Bangladesh from Baku on Wednesday evening, the sources said. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the death of Rohingya Muslims constituted a genocide, and that he will bring up the Myanmar process on Aug. 19 in the General Assembly of the United Nations.