RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has expressed concern over the little progress made in dealing with the crisis of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar along with continuous violations of their human rights and displacement from their homeland for an unknown fate in refugee camps. Dr. Khalid Mohammed Manzlawi, deputy permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to UN, made the remarks while addressing a session at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He thanked the special envoy of UN Secretary General on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener for her briefing on one of the world's most important humanitarian issues of displacement and persecution of the Muslim minority. Manzlawi reiterated that the KSA welcomes the efforts being exerted by the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to find a solution to the refugee crisis and return of the Rohingya to their homes in safety, dignity, peace and granting them full citizenship rights, the Saudi Press Agency reported. "Since the appointment of an envoy to Myanmar almost two years ago, my country's mission has noted that the envoy's briefing did not include information on what was achieved with respect to the issue and in line with the General Assembly's resolution that calls for safe return of refugees to their homes and homeland in a secure and guaranteed dignity. The received reports confirm that there is no tangible progress up to date and we want the special envoy to give clarifications on this," he said. Manzlawi sought an explanation about the steps that the UN envoy intends to take in coming days in order to achieve remarkable progress for the Rohingya minority and the time-frame for achieving these steps.
