(SOUNDBITE) (English) MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING:
Everything is back to normal.
That's Myanmar's foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin on the state of affairs between Muslims and ethnic Buddhists in northwest Myanmar.
REPORTER ASKING OFF-CAM "How is the situation in Sittwe, in Rakhine state?", AND MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING: "Sittwe is back to normal."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING:
"We have taken care of everything. We give priority for the stability of the state."
But on the ground in Rhakine state, violent clashes between Muslims, known as Rohingyas, and ethnic Buddhists have been giong on for days.
Houses of both groups have been burned down, and scores of people are feared dead after rioting that broke out earlier this month.
Refugees are now the looming problem as hundreds of people flood into both Bangladesh, and the Rhakine state capital of Sittwe looking for food and shelter.
Julie Noce, Reuters
Everything is back to normal.
That's Myanmar's foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin on the state of affairs between Muslims and ethnic Buddhists in northwest Myanmar.
REPORTER ASKING OFF-CAM "How is the situation in Sittwe, in Rakhine state?", AND MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING: "Sittwe is back to normal."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING:
"We have taken care of everything. We give priority for the stability of the state."
But on the ground in Rhakine state, violent clashes between Muslims, known as Rohingyas, and ethnic Buddhists have been giong on for days.
Houses of both groups have been burned down, and scores of people are feared dead after rioting that broke out earlier this month.
Refugees are now the looming problem as hundreds of people flood into both Bangladesh, and the Rhakine state capital of Sittwe looking for food and shelter.
Julie Noce, Reuters
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