Open your doors to Rohingya Muslims, we'll bear their expenses: Turkey tells B'desh

offered to bear their expenses.

Mevlut Cavusoglu was speaking at an event held on Friday in connection with Eidul Azha in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Cavusoglu said if Bangladesh opened its doors for Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar, Turkey was ready to cover their expenses.

"We have also mobilised the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

We will hold a summit on Arakan [Rakhine state] this year. We need to find a decisive solution to this problem," he added.

Pakistan urges Myanmar to ensure safety of persecuted Rohingya Muslims Cavusoglu also spoke on the phone with former UN Secretary General and the head of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine, Kofi Annan, on Friday.

Violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine state on August 25 when the country's security forces launched an operation against the Rohingya Muslim community.

It triggered a fresh influx of refugees towards the neighbouring Bangladesh, though the country sealed off its border to refugees.

The region has seen simmering tension between its Buddhist and Muslim populations.