Myanmar criticised claims by a group of Nobel laureates last week that Rohingya Muslims in the country are facing genocide.
Speaking at a conference in Oslo last week, several Nobel laureates including South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi and former East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar was "nothing less than genocide."
Others, including philanthropist George Soros, himself a World War II survivor, said there were “alarming” parallels between the plight of the Rohingya and the Nazi genocide, reports the AP.
However, Myanmar’s foreign ministry said it rejected the "unbalanced and negative comments."