UNHCR official visits Myanmar

Tue, 14 Mar 2000 | Source: AP

YANGON (AP): A top official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has arrived in Yangon for talks with Myanmar's military government, a government statement said on Monday.

Soren Jessen Petersen, assistant high commissioner for the Geneva-based UNHCR, arrived on Sunday and was expected to stay for four days depending on how discussions progress, said staff at UNHCR's office in the Myanmar capital.

Details were not immediately available about the topics to be discussed.

Over 140,000 Myanmar nationals, mostly from ethnic minorities, are sheltering in Bangladesh and Thailand, having fled fighting, forced labor and harsh mass relocation campaigns by the Myanmar regime in eastern and western border areas.

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