REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Former chairman of PP Muhammadiyah Din Syamsuddin met Myanmar's State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Twa, the country's capital, to discuss humanitarian problems on May 25, 2018. Suu Kyi received Syamsuddin at her office along with several global religious figures, and they engaged in an open and intimate dialog.

On the occasion, Syamsuddin, a special envoy of the president for Interfaith and Civilization Dialog and Cooperation, conveyed developments in Myanmar, especially in Rakhine Province, raising concerns over the Southeast Asian region and also the world that should be handled.

Syamsuddin highlighted the need to ensure peaceful coexistence and recognition of common citizenship for all people to handle humanitarian problems. Furthermore, he called for recognition and granting citizenship rights to the ethic Rohingyas.

Suu Kyi, who served as state councilor or equivalent to the prime minister's level, responded by stating that Myanmar had adopted democracy and highly respected human rights and democratic values. Problems in Rakhine Province and other areas of Myanmar will be resolved with a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Letters generated from the earlier two-day High-Level Consultations in Yangon contained messages and calls to the Government and people of Myanmar to resolve the religious and ethnic conflicts in Myanmar in the spirit of humanity, peace, and reconciliation.

Several global religious leaders also met Suu Kyi to deliver the World Religions Letters, including Supreme Patriarch of Sri Lanka, Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, and President of Risho Kosakai of Japan Rev. Niwano, who are global Buddhist figures; Bishop Gunnar Stalsett, a European Christian figure; Madame Vinu Aram, a Hindu leader from India; Rev. Koichi Sugino, WK secretary general of Religions for Peace International from New York; Din Syamsuddin, president of the Asian Conference on Religions for Peace; and Myanmar's interfaith leaders.

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