Trump administration officials launched workers for the main US aid agency that was sent to Myanmar to assess how to help in the United States Earth’s relief effortsThree people who have knowledge of actions said.
The shooting, which took place on Friday, while workers in the city of Mandalay, full of revenge, were raising doubts about the commitment of Foreign Minister Marco Rubio announced to continue some humanitarian aid and crises even when the American Relief Organization for International Development was dismantled by the Trump administration.
More than 3,300 people were killed and more than 4,800 people were injured in Myanmar, according to Burmese government estimates. The tropical storm was transporting many countries on Saturday, with heavy rains and winds leading to floods. The Trump administration was criticize By Democratic lawmakers and others on what they called Various response.
The three people who have knowledge of the situation, who are two and precedent officials at the United States Agency for International Development, said that the three experienced relief workers obtained emails for the existing termination of the existing terminals a few days after their arrival in Myanmar. They spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed to avoid revenge.
One of the relief workers had flew from Washington, the other two from Bangkok and Manila, where the Relief Agency has regional operations.
Other Relief Agency employees said they were angry at the way the workers were separated in Myanmar. Separately, American diplomats said on Friday that they were concerned that the changes in the first ranks in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that occurred on that day may involve the cleansing and layoffs of workers on a wider scale to come there. In addition to the age of US foreign policy, the administration is now taking over foreign aid after the US Agency for International Development is dismantled.
Employees of the Relief Agency heard the latest launch during a meeting of its humanitarian assistance office on Friday. This step was shocked by employees in Washington, and a word soon spread throughout the agency. Although the agency’s senior officials sent an email to all employees on March 28, alerting them to effective collective fines this summer, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs absorbs the Relief Agency, the fact that the three workers in Myanmar obtained their notifications while they are in the earthquake area in particular.
It is not clear what they will do now in Myanmar and when they will leave their jobs.
The US Department of State and the International Development Agency did not respond to suspension requests.
The American Humanitarian Agency for International Development Agency sent an email to employees on Friday evening, saying that the general situation “is still a challenge and uncertainty.” The New York Times obtained a copy. The e -mail said that the relief agency has 898 active grants and contracts, which is a small part of the number before the start of disintegration. Email said that more than 60 percent are linked to humanitarian assistance.
The appointed Trump continues to reduce humanitarian aid contracts, the employees say. The spending of US foreign aid was less than 1 percent of the annual federal budget before the severe discounts of Mr. Trump.
The Myanmar government, ruled by the tyrannical generals, asked other countries to send assistance after it hit the earthquake on March 28. China, Russia and India sent teams and supplies, as did Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States has not sent any specialists in the country until this week, when the evaluation team consisting of three people arrived.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Tami Bruce, referred to this team on Monday as a sign that the United States was ready to help Myanmar despite the widespread doubts about Washington’s ability to perform relief operations given the agency’s reduction since late January. The discounts were carried out by Mr. Rubio. Maroco House, a The political appointment of disagreement In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Eileon Musk, billionaire advisor to Mr. Trump.
When a reporter was asked on Friday in Brussels that the United States was unable to provide any great assistance to Myanmar, Mr. Rubio said that other big countries, including China and India, should rise in global foreign aid with the progress of the United States.
“We are the richest country in the world, but our resources are not unlimited,” he said.
He hinted at the American evaluation team in Myanmar, saying, “We really have people there.” He also pointed out that the ruling military council in the country can make it difficult to work there.
The American embassy in Myanmar announced on March 30 that the US government will provide up to $ 2 million as aid to reduce the earthquake. This is only a tenth of $ 20 million of aid committed by the United States, India, Japan and Australia together; The four countries announced this number in a joint statement on Thursday.
Send six members of the Democratic Senate letter To the Trump administration on Wednesday, he condemned its lack of aid efforts in the earthquake area, saying that it was failing to test the first of the nation’s ability to continue humanitarian aid amid the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development
Senate members were martyred New York Times report From March 30, which revealed the deficiency of the American Aid in Myanmar, including the absence of any team on the ground at the time and logistical operations at the headquarters in Washington.
On Friday, professional and union diplomats, who represent 18,000 of them, were struggling with the disposal of the ranks that led to great concern.
Union, and American Foreign Service AssociationShe issued a statement saying that it was “very concerned” by appointing Mr. Rubio Liu Olovsky to the position of senior official of the office responsible for the global talent management. The Union said that this position, which oversees all human resources and resource employees, is supposed to go to a large professional diplomat with experience in deep management.
Mr. Olowski is Former lawyer Who wrote opinion articles on politics, including one in January 2020 Be praised Mr. Trump as a “non -apologize nationalist” and condemning The dismissal trial Mr. Trump must block military aid from Ukraine in exchange for political preferences.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next year and made one tour as a consular officer to issue visas at the embassy in Beijing. Beginners are considered and have nothing to be known as the agency. He is a member of a new group of pro -Trump diplomats called Fellowship Bin Franklin This, among other things, is devoted to “the priority of American sovereignty and commitment to defending the national borders.”
On Friday, Tipur Nagy, the veteran diplomat who temporarily supervises the administration, resigned. Mr. Nagy is also Ben Franklin is a colleagueAnd he was able to occupy him by Mr. Olovsky, known as the General Manager.
Various plans It has been distributed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which suggested the closure of consulates, wider layoffs and employee changes, and diplomats say Mr. Olovsky may now play a major role in all of this.
Al -Ittihad said that his appointment was “closer to the status of a novice military officer, who has not yet completed a leadership round, responsible for the Pentagon members.
Mr. Trump released Executive order On March 27 to an attempt to end the mass negotiation by unions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other national security agencies.
The Foreign Ministry said it does not comment on the issues of employees.
