Rubio rejects criticism about responding to the Myanmar earthquake

“There are many other rich countries in the world, and they should all retreat.

“We’ll do our role. We already have people there. We will have more people there. We will help as much as possible (but) this is not the easiest place to work … they have the military council does not like us,” Rubio said.

On Tuesday, a former US International Development Agency official told the BBC in the closure of the agency, led by billionaire advisor Trump Elon Musk, meaning that the White House was unable to send teams from the United States to save lives in the wake of the March 28 earthquake.

The disaster killed more than 3000 people.

Rotally in such earthquakes, the United States can spread up to 200 rescue workers and Snifer dogs with specialized equipment, often the largest and best foreign response team on the ground.

Last week, the Foreign Ministry said that a team of three consultants in the area was sent to the disaster area.

Speaking to journalists at a meeting of NATO in Brussels, Rubio blamed the military regime in Myanmar for lack of access, although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier this week that the country had made an official request for assistance.

Former US International Development Agency officials say their work is seen as non -political, and it has already reached countries that are politically hostile.

“This would hinder our response, regardless of what,” Rubio said.

“However, we are ready to continue helping in the humanitarian crisis. Other countries need to do so as well. China is a very rich country. India is a rich country. There are many other countries in the world, and everyone must participate.”

China and India were among the first to have a difference on Earth in Myanmar, according to former American humanitarian officials.

Rubio rejected the accounts of humanitarian aid experts who said that the inability to deploy a large rescue team in the United States was due to the US Agency for International Development.

“These are the people who make millions and hundreds of millions of dollars in these organizations NGOs (NGOs) all over the world who stand and overwhelm with US taxpayers money, then we do not spend 10 (or) 100 million dollars to obtain $ 10 million.

“We will not finance these global NGOs around the world that live from this. We do not.

“We are ready to help and work with the appropriate governments and NGOs on the ground that provides help. We will be there, and we will be useful (but) there are many other rich countries, and they must also participate and help … we will play our role.”

With the emergence of the Myanmar earthquake, the White House was said to have tried to publish a disaster assistance team from the United States – but he could not do so because the Trump administration discounts had canceled logistical contracts and launched officials who supervised these bulletins, according to former officials.

The discounts at the United States Agency for International Development led the so -called government efficiency Ministry (DOGE) after President Trump targeted foreign assistance on his first day in office, describing it as a “industry” that was in many cases “competition for American values.”