Burma’s Suu Kyi Urges Nation to Stay United Amid ‘Challenges’

Burma’s Suu Kyi Urges Nation to Stay United Amid ‘Challenges’
Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to national flags of Australia and Burma at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018. AAP/Mick Tsikas/via Reuters
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YANGON—Burma’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for her people to remain united, saying the Southeast Asian country faces “challenges” at home and abroad, as she marked two years since her party swept to power in a historic vote.

In a televised speech, Suu Kyi made only a passing reference to the crisis in Rakhine state, where her government faces mounting international condemnation for a military operation against Rohingya Muslims that has sent nearly 700,000 members of the minority community fleeing to Bangladesh.