Myanmar president welcomes Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Myanmar official media said on Friday that Myanmar has invited an influential Islamic body to visit a state rocked by sectarian violence in an effort to diffuse mounting outcry over the treatment of the Muslim Rohingya.

In a rare conciliatory move over the issue, President Thein Sein said he welcomed a visit by the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the world’s largest Muslim grouping, which has urged a probe into violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Rohingya that left scores dead.

President Thein Sein hoped the OIC secretary could witness the reality (in Rakhine).