Turkey on Saturday condemned deadly attacks on border posts in western Myanmar's Rakhine state on Friday that left at least 89 people dead. In a written statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said: "We condemn the attacks and emphasize that the problems in Rakhine state cannot be resolved through violence."
The statement said it was saddening that the attacks happened at a time the report of the Kofi Annan-led Rakhine Advisory Commission was released.
In a 63-page report presented to the government Wednesday, Annan's commission called for an end to the restrictions on movement and citizenship for the 1.2 million Rohingya minority in Rakhine.