The German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel has described the situation in Rakhine state as "extremely serious and deeply worrying ", a day after the US threatened sanctions on the country for its handling of the crisis.
"The humanitarian and human rights situation in Rakhine state is extremely serious and deeply worrying," she said while delivering a talk on German foreign policy organised by Myanmar Institute for Strategic & International Studies (MISIS) on Wednesday.