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Myanmar State media on Thursday claimed that the Chinese government was in support of its current crackdown against Rohingya insurgents in Rakhine State.

The Myanmar violence took a new twist on August 25th after some Rohingya insurgents attacked Police outposts in Rakhine States in the Western part of the country.

"The stance of China regarding the terrorist attacks in Rakhine is clear, it is just an internal affair," the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Thursday quoted China's ambassador, Hong Liang, as telling top government officials.

"The counter-attacks of Myanmar security forces against extremist terrorists and the government's undertakings to provide assistance to the people are strongly welcomed."

But at the United Nations in New York, China set a different tone, joining a U.N. Security Council expression of concern about reports of excessive violence and calling for immediate steps to end it.

U.S. President Donald Trump also recently called on Myanmar's government to do more to protect civilians in a crisis that has so far seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims flee into Bangladesh for safe refuge.