Arakan administration

The group now controls the majority of the western state. Now comes the hard part: governing, and doing it well enough to win international support for autonomy or outright independence.

In the region of Myanmar now held by the Arakan Army, the impacts of war and decades of economic neglect are easily visible.

“We are always in favor of repatriation [of Rohingya Muslims] in principle, and there should be voluntary, dignified, and safe repatriation under conducive conditions.”