US Diplomat Quits Myanmar Panel, Saying It's Likely to Become 'Cheerleading Squad'

U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson resigned Wednesday from an international board that advises Myanmar on the Rohingya crisis, charging the panel was not committed to change in the Southeast Asian country. “It appears that the board is likely to become a cheerleading squad for government policy, as opposed to proposing genuine policy changes that are desperately needed to assure peace, stability and development in the Rakhine State,” he said in a statement. Richardson, a former U.S....

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