United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticized Myanmar's army chief's remarks against Rohingya Muslims.
The United Nations Secretary-General criticized this on Monday. This information was given in the AFP report of the news agency.
Myanmar's army chief General Min Aung Hlyiang said at a gathering in Myanmar's northern Kachin state that Rohingya Muslims have no similarity with other ethnic groups of the country.
Myanmar's army chief called the Rohingya Muslims as 'Bengali' He said that the ethnic groups of Myanmar with the Rohingyas are not characteristic or similar.
Min said the tensions increased as the Bengalis sought Myanmar citizenship.
The United Nations Secretary-General criticized the statement of the Chief of Myanmar, saying he was shocked at the news.
United Nations Secretary-General urged the country's leaders to maintain harmony among the ethnic groups of Myanmar. At the same time, he said that the leaders of the country should take a united stand against the spread of communal tension.
In August last year, a military operation against Myanmar's Rakhine Rohingya started. In the face of atrocities, hundreds of Rohingyas fled and fled to Bangladesh.