Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will urge national reconciliation and peace in her first speech since start of Rohingya crisis, local media reported on Wednesday.
At a press conference late Wednesday Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay said Suu Kyi would "speak for national reconciliation and peace" in a televised address on September 19.
A crackdown by Myanmar's army, launched in response to attacks by Rohingya militants on August 25, has pushed vast numbers of refugees from the stateless Muslim minority across the border.
The violence has incubated a humanitarian crisis on both sides of the border and put intense global pressure on Suu Kyi to condemn the army campaign, which the UN has described as having all the hallmarks of "ethnic cleansing."
He said the Nobel laureate, who has been pilloried by rights groups for failing to speak up for the Rohingya minority, would skip the United Nations General Assembly next week to tackle the crisis unfurling at home.
She was needed in Myanmar to "manage humanitarian assistance" and "security concerns" caused by the violence.
Suu Kyi has been condemned for a lack of moral leadership and compassion in the face of a crisis that has shocked the international community.
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