Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Trudeau expressed his concerns while talking to its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the phone on Wednesday.
It said the call followed a chorus of cries for Canada to revoke the honorary citizenship it granted Suu Kyi in 2007, says a report on state-owned BSS agency.
The Prime Minister's Office was silent on that point in its summary of the call, issued shortly after Trudeau took questions from the media at a cabinet retreat in St. John's, N.L.
The timing meant reporters were unable to ask the prime minister about his conversation with Suu Kyi.
According to the summary, Trudeau stressed to Suu Kyi the urgent need for Myanmar's military and civilian leaders to take a strong stand in ending the violence and promote the protection of civilians and access for the United Nations and humanitarian groups.
Trudeau also underscored "the particular importance" of Suu Kyi's role as "a moral and political leader."
The two discussed "the need to defend and protect the rights of all minorities" and Trudeau offered Canada's support to help build "a peaceful and stable society in Myanmar," the summary said.
Suu Kyi will skip this month's UN General Assembly meetings to address the problems at home, Myanmar's government said Wednesday.
