Have provided $2.4b aid in 7 yrs, hope democracy returns to Myanmar: US
The Morning Standard|August 26, 2024
ON the seventh anniversary of Rohingya genocide, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that his country has provided humanitarian relief and assistance worth $2.4 billion to Myanmar in the last seven years and that it hopes Myanmar returns to democracy.
YESHI SELI

"Over the last seven years, the US has contributed nearly $2.4 billion in humanitarian assistance. We also conduct extensive documentation of the atrocities and abuses committed against the Rohingyas and all civilians," said Blinken.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis and human rights abuses in Myanmar exacerbate difficulties faced by members of many of Burma's ethnic and religious minority groups, and Rohingyas in particular, the statement added.

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