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Australia Boosts Burma Aid, Presses for Sectarian Resolution

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, Yangon June 6, 2012.
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, Yangon June 6, 2012.
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by: lstmohican from: USA
February 22, 2013 9:36 AM
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr should acknowledge that the issues of Kachin and so-called Rohingya in Rakhine state are totally different. After all, only about 2.5 percent of the population of Australia is now indigenous people; and Kachin and Rakhine are indigenous to Myanmar. However, should Australia with vast areal extent want to resettle the so-called Rohingya in their country, it will be welcomed in Myanmar. But by “throwing a bone” of $2.5 million dollars, I do not think interference in the internal affairs of Myanmar will be welcomed.

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