Describing India and China as a rich country, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US is ready to continue helping the people affected by Myanmar earthquake, but other countries should also come forward to provide humanitarian aid during such crises around the world.
Rubio told the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, ‘We are not the government of the world. No, we will provide human help like everyone and we will do it in the best way. But we also have other needs, with which we have to balance. We are not holding back with human help.
Rubio was answering a question asked about the earthquake, in which he was asked how the US offered assistance during such incidents by saving people on the ground through special equipment and experts.
‘We will do our work’
Rubio was asked whether this is not happening due to the abolition of the United States’s International Development Agency (USAID). He said, ‘There are many other rich countries in the world. All of them should contribute to it. We will do our work. Our people are already there, our more people will be there. We will help as much as possible. It is not the easiest place to do. He has a military rule that does not like us and does not allow us to work in that way as we want. This would disrupt our response, whatever it is.
‘We are always ready to help’
Rubio said that America is always ready to continue helping in humanitarian crisis. Other countries also need to do this. China is a very rich country and India is also a rich country. There are many other countries in the world and everyone should contribute to it. The United States is 60 to 70 percent of the worldwide humanitarian aid burden. We will be in the business of humanitarian aid, but also we have other priorities which are in the national interest of the United States and we are going to align to appropriately balance them all.
Help sent to India a few hours after earthquake
Let us know that within a few hours of the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, India (which is the first reaction country of crisis), through its National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), brought the first consignment of humanitarian aid and disaster relief materials, including 15 tonnes of tents, blankets, essential medicines and food. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare used the C-130J aircraft which landed in Yangon on the morning of 29 March.
In the second batch, 80 NDRF search and rescue experts, equipment and relief material were sent through two Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft. One aircraft had 17 tons of personal safety equipment, search and communication equipment and rescue equipment, while the other had five tons of humanitarian aid and disaster relief materials such as gennsets, hygiene kits, food packets, essential medicines, kitchen sets and blankets.
‘Operation Brahma’
Operation Brahma was launched by India after the disastrous earthquake in Myanmar, which aims to provide necessary assistance including discovery and rescue, humanitarian aid, disaster relief and medical aid. A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs said, “As the first reaction country in the time of crisis in the neighborhood, Operation is a complete government effort made by India to respond to widespread destruction in Brahma Myanmar.”
In addition, quad countries of India, Australia, Japan and America said in a first statement that they have so far promised a joint humanitarian assistance of more than US $ 20 million for Myanmar earthquake.
It states, ‘Through our funding and bilateral efforts, we are delivering relief materials. Emergency medical teams are deploying and assisting human partners working in Myanmar to take care of people affected by earthquake.
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