Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi talks on Rohingya crisis

In her first comments since the crisis began, Suu Kyi was careful not to blame with any group for the crisis.

"There has been much concern around the world with regard to the situation in Rakhine," she said. "It is not the intention of the Myanmar government to apportion blame or to abnegate responsibility."

Suu Kyi condemned any human rights violations, as well as any "unlawful violence."

She added that said she was concerned by the large number of Muslims who fled to Bangladesh, and said the Myanmar government was ready to verify the refugee status of those who left at any time. But she added that most Rohingya Muslim villages were not affected by violence, and invited diplomats to visit the area to see what is happening themselves and to help Myanmar find solutions to the problems in Rakhine.

Rohingya militants attacked security forces in Myanmar — also known as Burma — in late August. Since then, analysts and rights workers say the Burmese military has carried out a brutal crackdown that has burned entire villages and killed fleeing women and children.