(SOUNDBITE) (English) MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING:<br/> <br />Everything is back to normal.<br/> <br />That's Myanmar's foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin on the state of affairs between Muslims and ethnic Buddhists in northwest Myanmar.<br/> <br />REPORTER ASKING OFF-CAM "How is the situation in Sittwe, in Rakhine state?", AND MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING: "Sittwe is back to normal."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) MYANMAR FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN SAYING:<br/> <br />"We have taken care of everything. We give priority for the stability of the state."<br/> <br />But on the ground in Rhakine state, violent clashes between Muslims, known as Rohingyas, and ethnic Buddhists have been giong on for days.<br/> <br />Houses of both groups have been burned down, and scores of people are feared dead after rioting that broke out earlier this month.<br/> <br />Refugees are now the looming problem as hundreds of people flood into both Bangladesh, and the Rhakine state capital of Sittwe looking for food and shelter.<br/> <br />Julie Noce, Reuters
