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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Aung San Suu Kyi Says Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Could Have Been 'Handled Better' [Watch (HLS stream): Aung San Suu Kyi Says Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Could Have Been 'Handled Better'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/j0ePziMl.m3u8) (1:17)  _Published 2018-09-13. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi acknowledged Thursday that her government could have better handled the violence against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western Rakhine state._ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:32 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Vice President Mike Pence Meets Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Talks about Rohingya](/video/xtunT9cW/) ### Vice President Mike Pence Meets Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Talks about Rohingya [An Aung San Suu Kyi Loyalist Has Been Elected as Myanmar's New President](/video/wY4aOdU3/) ### An Aung San Suu Kyi Loyalist Has Been Elected as Myanmar's New President [Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Blame Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya 'Genocide'](/video/IT10bqTG/) ### Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Blame Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya 'Genocide' --- ## Transcript The first jury repatriation was supposed to have started on the 23rd of January. But at that time, Bangladesh said they were not ready yet. So, because we signed a memorial on the 23rd of November, wait a minute, we're 2018, so that is- It's difficult with this, [ LAUGH ] In 2017. And so, but That [ INAUDIBLE ] started so it's as there are two countries involved, we can't in lieu and decided when the repatriation has to begin. Because we have to come back from Bangladesh, we cannot go fetch them from Bangladesh. And we have to. Accept them at the border in line with the agreements in the [ UNKNOWN ]. I know there has been a lot of international focus but when you say how did the military handle it, I think perhaps you're I was thinking of the military aspect of the operations because of course the political aspect is something for which the government has to take responsibility. And as I like to say from time to time, although we only have 75 % of the power, we have to accept 100 % of the responsibility. 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