Staying alert: Myanmar border guard police on duty at the Goke Pi outpost in Buthidaung, Rakhine. — Reuters
NEW YORK: Myanmar has postponed a planned visit by the United Nations refugee chief to Rakhine state following renewed fighting between security forces and insurgents, a spokesman said.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was due to visit last week but Myanmar authorities scrapped the trip to Rakhine, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were driven out in a military crackdown that started in 2017.
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