Geneva, Muharram 08, 1440, September 18, 2018, SPA -- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stressed that the Myanmar issue is one of the most important issues of great concern, as it is following it with great concern over the suffering of Rohingya people and other minorities throughout Myanmar. The Kingdom expressed regret over the report of the International Mission on Grave Violations of Human Rights and the appalling violations of international humanitarian law by the armed forces against the innocent Rohingya people in Rakhine State, and other minorities in Shan State and other areas of northern Myanmar. This came in the Kingdom's speech delivered by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasil, before the Human Rights Council during the interactive dialogue with the International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. The Ambassador said that the report of the International Mission found that the armed forces of Myanmar had burned entire villages and recorded numerous cases of indiscriminate killing, mass rape of women, child abuse and cases of enforced disappearance and other forms of violence, persecution and enslavement against minorities in Myanmar, which the report described as genocide crimes. He also said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently sought to provide aid for Rohingya people through supporting rehabilitation programs related to education and health with 50 million dollars, pointing to the fact that there are about a quarter of a million Rohingya people in the Kingdom being provided with aid and support. --SPA 14:09 LOCAL TIME 11:09 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w750778