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First on the fox: The US State Department and Secretary Marco Rubio After the allegations were confirmed that the contracts that provide ready -made therapeutic foods have stopped and confirmed that the agency will continue its commitment to “providing critical humanitarian aid.”
“With the US Agency for International Development, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our commitment to providing critical humanitarian aid is still fixed and is compatible with the priorities of US foreign policy,” a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.
“We are proud to continue working with our local partners to provide treatment ready for use. An additional $ 50 million in Rutfs has been approved. This is sufficient to feed more than a million people most vulnerable in the world.”
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Rufts contracts and operations were previously supervised by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). However, censorship now lies with the Foreign Ministry after the US Agency for International Development has merged in February, and is largely affected by the head of government competence (DOGE) at the time Elon Musk.
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio will witness the hearing of the Senate Committee for Foreign Relations to study the proposed budget application for the President for the 2026 fiscal year of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Rutfs pre -packed meals, rich in nutrients, ready to eat that help prevent malnutrition, especially in children. Even some countries indicate Rutfs as a form of medicine.
The Foreign Ministry’s comments come after Secretary Rubio faced questions from legislators at Capitol Hill in a hearing in May, when Democratic Representative Gabi Amo from Rod Island Rubio faced a hot exchange, saying that the agency was “freezing” on the intention of “Rotif” to the needy countries.
“You need to know why they did not move, because it is not an obstacle for us,” Rubio fired the fire.
Susan Shore maintains a mark of fighting Illon and an American flag in protest in front of the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development on February 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kihart House for the Washington Post via Gettie Emiez)
Amo answered, “No, you need a number [that] Sir, “He said that the Secretary” refused “the commitment to ensure the effective distribution of Rutf.
“We will continue to provide food aid.” “We will do more food aid more than any other country on this planet, times 10.”
A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital that the main partnerships with non -profit Rutf producers, Mana and Edesia have been active since March 2. In addition, 1.4 million funds of Rutfs were approved on May 26.
Fox also got an internal note and Jeremy Lewin, former Doj employee Now oversee the transfer of the United States Development Agency with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from Diana Darni de Salisido from the United States Agency for International Development. The document called for urgent approval to move the food commodities and the stored strikes in warehouses to be charged for use.
A worker removes the American Agency for International Development from their headquarters on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The sensitive document, but also not classified as a request for approval of the new address award, at a value of $ 35 million, which the sources say is less than several times from estimates in the beginning, to cover the costs of warehouses, shipping abroad, transfer internal programming, programming and distribution.
Fox News Digital spoke to the CEO of Mana, Mark Moore, who has set a detailed schedule for federal contracts in Rutf and the challenges it faces non -profit with the merger of the US International Development Agency at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the beginning of 2025.
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At one point, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trump administration “We are all looking for old contracts in May.” Moore told Fox News.
Moore added: “He is heading in the right way, and we are happy.”
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Fox News Digital communicated with Representative Gabi Amo and Edisia, but they did not receive a response.
Prestton Mizell is a writer for Fox News Digital that covers urgent news. Story tips can be sent to Prestton.mizell@fox.com and on xmizellpreston
