{"id":2312,"date":"2021-05-09T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2021-05-09T07:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:00:15","slug":"us-lawmakers-push-back-myanmars-unity-government-over-rohingya-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/us-lawmakers-push-back-myanmars-unity-government-over-rohingya-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers push back Myanmar\u2019s unity government over Rohingya issue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The lawmakers said they were not convinced with NUG\u2019s policy on the mainly-Muslim ethnic minority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Several US lawmakers have voiced against the recognition of Myanmar\u2019s newly formed pro-democracy National Unity Government (NUG) expressing concerns about the group\u2019s exclusion of Rohingya issue.<\/p>\n

In a virtual hearing<\/a> entitled the Unfolding Crisis in Burma, US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs members questioned Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar\u2019s permanent representative to the United Nations regarding the NUG position on the Rohingya.<\/p>\n

The UN ambassador faced some tough questions from members of Congress who probed him about why the 27-member NUG did not include a single Rohingya representative and questioned whether the government would support citizenship rights for the Rohingya.<\/p>\n

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Also read- Myanmar’s junta brands rival government a terrorist group<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI cannot support your National Unity Government, and I will oppose efforts for the United States to support your National Unity Government until you commit to having at least a representative of the Rohingya people and you commit to stopping the genocide of the Rohingya people,\u201d Representative Ted Lieu of California said at the hearing.<\/p>\n