Myanmar president postpones Bangladesh tour
- Published: 1 Jul 2012 at 23.48
- Online news: Asia
Myanmar President Thein Sein has postponed his mid-July visit to Dhaka due to sectarian violence in the country's western Rakhine state, a Bangladesh foreign ministry official said Sunday.
Myanmar President Thein Sein attends a bilateral meeting at the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit in Tokyo on in April 2012. Sein has postponed his mid-July visit to Dhaka due to sectarian violence in the country's western Rakhine state.
The president has asked for rescheduling the Bangladesh tour after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins in the third week of July, Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes told a press briefing.
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