Pope Defends His Myanmar Diplomacy: ‘I Did Not Negotiate With the Truth’
" he said, using a metaphor he turned to several times, and which he said evoked for him the image of how an angry teenager vents frustration.
that If I had said that word in the official speeches, it would have been a door slammed in the face,
Win said that she liked the general "because the military power is important for our country,"
that she appreciated the soldiers "doing their duty" and that she considered the Rohingya, who had been in the country for generations, "illegal immigrants who don’t speak Burmese and are bad for our country." Asked if she thought the pope could make a difference in the crisis, she shook her head.
Of his meeting with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who has led a campaign of mass murder, rape and arson against the Rohingya, the pope said
that "I did not negotiate with the truth" during the conversation and that he made the general understand that the horrors of the past were no longer viable.
2, 2017
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — After breaking his silence on the plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority in a moving encounter on Friday with refugees in Bangladesh, Pope Francis wanted to keep talking about the Rohingya,
and saying their name, on the way back to Rome on Saturday.
" the pope said in a news conference aboard his plane. that I would prefer you first ask questions about the visit,