MAPIM TO MEET MYANMAR PRESIDENT TO CHANNEL AID FOR ROHINGYAS

BUTTERWORTH, July 25 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Islamic Organisations

Consultative Council (Mapim) will urge the Myanmar government to allow

humanitarian missions around the world, especially from Asean countries, to help

Rohingya in Myanmar.

Mapim secretary-general Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid said they would meet Myanmar

President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu

Kyi to discuss the matter on Aug 1.

"Non-governmental organisations from Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia,

Indonesia and Cambodia will go to Yangon to meet the Myanmar President and Aung

San (Suu Kyi) on next Wednesday," he told reporters, here today.

He said Mapim also would ask The United Nations to negotiate with Bangladesh

so that the food aid mission could be sent by sea to Myanmar.

-- BERNAMA

EIY AZE NJ JRL

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