WASHINGTON: The White House condemned Monday an upsurge in violence in Myanmar that has sent 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to neighboring Bangladesh, saying it was 鈥渄eeply troubled鈥� by attacks on both sides.
鈥淭he United States is deeply troubled by the ongoing crisis in Burma,鈥� said Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, condemning attacks on Burmese military positions and subsequent spasm of deadly ethnically tinged violence.
鈥淎t least 300,000 people have fled their homes in the wake of attacks on (a) Burmese security post on August 25,鈥� without directly accusing the Burmese military of carrying out a crackdown.
We 鈥渞eiterate our condemnation of those attacks and ensuing violence.鈥�
The Trump White House had been facing questions about its silence in the face of a crisis that a UN envoy has called a 鈥渢extbook example of ethnic cleansing.鈥�