Myanmar wants the U.S. Embassy to stop using the term “Rohingya,” when referring to the country’s unrecognized ethnic minority, a government official told VOA Wednesday.
“We will be happy if the embassy refrains from using this term,” said Aung Lin, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Continued use of the word “will not be helpful to us,” he added.
The official said, however, that the ministry on Tuesday made no formal request to the embassy about the terminology.
An embassy spokesman in Yangon, who did not want to be named, told VOA,
“We do not comment on our diplomatic discussions with the government.” (Courtesy of VOA News)
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