India, China rich countries, everyone should pitch in during crisis like Myanmar quake: US Secretary of State

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said while America is willing to continue to help those affected by the Myanmar earthquake, other countries should also pitch in to provide humanitarian assistance during such crises worldwide.
«Well, we're not the government of the world. No, we will provide humanitarian assistance just like everybody else does and do it the best we can. But we also have other needs we have to balance that against. We're not walking away from humanitarian assistance,» Rubio told the media at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Friday.
Rubio was responding to a question about the earthquake and how the US offered help during such incidents by saving lives on the ground through special equipment and experts.
Rubio was asked if that was not happening because of the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
«There's a lot of other rich countries in the world. They should all be pitching in. We're going to do our part. We already have people there, we'll have more people there. We'll help as much as we can. It's not the easiest place to work. They have a military junta that doesn't like us and doesn't necessarily allow us to operate in that country the way we want to. That would have impeded our response no matter what,» he said.

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Rubio said the US was willing to continue to help in the humanitarian crisis.
«Other countries need to do so as well. China is a very rich country, and India is a rich country. There are a lot of other countries in the world and everyone should pitch in. I don't think it's fair to assume the United States needs to continue to share the burden — 60 to 70 per cent — of humanitarian aid around the world. We will be in the business of