Dalai Lama appeals to Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

An Iranian demonstrator holds a defaced poster of Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against violence in Myanmar in front of the United Nations office in Tehran on Sunday. AFP photo. The Dalai Lama wants her to help end the crisis in her country

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The Dalai Lama has urged Aung San Suu Kyi to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Myanmar.

He also expressed concerns about violence that has led around 300,000 Muslim Rohingya to flee the Buddhist-majority country.

"I appeal to you and your fellow leaders to reach out to all sections of society to try to restore friendly relations throughout the population in a spirit of peace and reconciliation," the top Buddhist leader said in a letter to Myanmar's de-facto leader seen by AFP.