Rubio rejects criticism about responding to the US to the Myanmar earthquake

“There are many other rich countries in the world, they all have to wade.

“We will do our part. We already have people. We will have more people. We will help as much as we can (but) are not the simplest place for work … They have a military junta that doesn’t love us,” Rubio said.

On Tuesday, a former USAID official told the BBC about the closure of the agency led by the Millionaire Trump Advisor Elon Musk, meant that the White House could not send teams from the US to save life directly after the March 28 earthquake.

The catastrophe killed more than 3000 people.

Usually, in such earthquakes, the United States can deploy up to 200 rescue workers and sniffing dogs along with specialized equipment, and often is the largest and best team of foreign reaction on Earth.

Last week, the State Department said the US team of three advisers is sent to the catastrophe area.

Speaking to NATO journalists in Brussels, Rubio accused the military regime of Myanmar of the absence of access, although the State Department said that the country had made an official request for help earlier this week.

Former USAID officials say their work is regarded as non -political, and they have previously appealed to countries that were regarded as politically hostile.

“This would prevented our answer, no matter what,” Rubio said.

“Given this, we are ready to continue to help in the humanitarian crisis. Other countries should also do so. China is a very rich country. India is a rich country. There are many other countries in the world, and everyone should come out.”

According to former US humanitarian officials, China and India were among the first teams on Earth.

Rubio has rejected the humanitarian assistance experts, who said the inability to post a large US rescue team is related to USAID cuts.

“These are people who earn millions and hundreds of millions of non -governmental organizations (non -governmental organizations) around the world and they are flooded with US taxpayers, and then we have to spend 10 (or) $ 100 million to get $ 10 million.

“We are not going to finance these global NGOs around the world that live from it. We don’t do it.

“We are ready to help and work with governments and relevant NGOs on the basis of assistance. We will be there, and we will be useful (but) there are many other rich countries, they also need to go out and help … We will make our role,” Rubio added.

As the White House was reportedly tried to deploy an earthquake in Myanmar, the White House tried to deploy a spontaneous response team (DART) – but could not do it because the reduction of Trump administration has canceled logistics contracts and fired officials who oversee the ex -officials.

The USAID reduction was headed by the so -called Government Department of Government (DOGE) after President Trump aimed for foreign aid on his first day, calling it a “industry”, which was “anti -texts to US values” in many cases.