COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Wednesday protested the huge influx of people fleeing violence in Myanmar and raised concerns with Myanmar’s government about reports that its military was placing land mines along the countries’ shared border.

Bangladesh “demanded immediate measures from Myanmar to de-escalate the ongoing violence,” according to a statement from the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry.

Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, director general for Southeast Asia for the Foreign Ministry, issued the protest on Wednesday to Aung Myint, chargé d’affaires of the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka.

Myanmar’s government did not issue an immediate response. Zaw Htay, a spokesman for its de facto leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, questioned who was responsible for the land mines in comments this week to Reuters, which first reported Bangladesh’s allegations. “Who can surely say those mines were not laid by the terrorists?” he asked.