"I will send Marty to meet with his counterpart in Myanmar."Phnom Penh (ANTARA News) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will send Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa to Myanmar to discuss humanitarian assistance for Rohingya people.
"I will send Marty to meet with his counterpart in Myanmar to discuss humanitarian assistance that can be provided to the Rohingya community in the country," he said before leaving the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh for Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
President Yudhoyono was in Cambodia to attend the 21st ASEAN Summit, where Myanmar President Thein Sein officially sought Indonesian assistance in solving the Rohingya problem.
Earlier, at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 14-15, Indonesia said the discrimination against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was an "international humanitarian problem" and, therefore, the President wanted the issue to be resolved as soon as possible.
President Yudhoyono noted that Indonesia was incapable of resolving the issue on its own, but the country could help find a solution.
On Tuesday, the Indonesian head of state met with Sein in Phnom Penh to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation as well as to resolve the problems faced by Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
"President Thein Sein explained that the riots in the region were communal in nature and did not stem from religion. He also stressed that the conflict was not driven by the government," Presidential aide for international relations Teuku Faizasyah said.
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