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M<ANMA5 US Secretary of State 5e[ Tillerson will focus on the need to stop the violence and stabili]e 5akh ine state when he meets with the head of Myanmar¶s mili tary on :ednesday, a senior State Department official told journalists in Manila.

More than , 5ohingya Muslims have fled to Ban gladesh since the military launched a counter insur gency clearance operation in 5akhine late August. A top UN official has described it as ³ethnic cleansing´ by Bud dhist majority Myanmar.

Tillerson was due to hold talks in with Aung San Suu .yi, the de facto leader of Myanmar¶s less than two year old civilian administration, and the head of the armed forces, Senior *eneral Min Aung +laing, in the capital Naypyitaw in a bid to stem the refugee crisis.

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