US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said Washington holds Myanmar’s military leadership responsible for a harsh crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims but stopped short of saying whether Washington would take any action to address the issue.
“The world can’t just stand idly by and be witness to the atrocities that are being reported in the area,” Tillerson said at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday.
“We really hold the military leadership accountable for what’s happening in the Rakhine area,” he added, referring to the state in Myanmar where the Rohingya Muslims have been facing government-sanctioned violence since late last year.
“Someone, if these reports are true, is going to be held to account for that,” Tillerson said, apparently referring to the widespread reports of killings, rapings, and other abuse against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Apart from expressions of concern, the…