Myanmar leader to leave quake-striken country for summit, aid groups clamour for access

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State TV said relief groups have demanded to reduce sanctions to reach the destructive earthquake, Myanmar’s deported leader Man Ang Hilang will leave his country on Thursday for a rare journey of a regional summit.

In a century, the strongest, 7.7 earthquakes to target Myanmar caused a shock to a region that has a home of 28 million people, destroying buildings, flattening communities and leaving many people without food, water and shelter. China’s state -run television said the number of casualties was approved 3,000, citing official data.

Since returning to power in a 2021 uprising, the army has struggled to run Myanmar, which made the elected civilian government of Nobel Laureate Aung San Savi. These generals have been isolated internationally since the basic services, including takeover and Myanmar’s economy and health care, have been reduced during the outbreak of civil war.

On the official -run MRTV, the government immediately announced a 20 -day ceasefire to announce a unilateral ceasefire on Wednesday, but warned that if the rebels launched the attacks, they would “respond” accordingly.

MRTV confirmed that Man Ang Hilling will leave Myanmar to attend the summit of most South Asian countries in Bangkok. This is an extraordinary foreign journey considered as a pity by many countries, and the subject of Western sanctions and the International Criminal Court investigation.

Jinta Bass has also been barred from attending the Southeast Asian Block ASEAN summit.

Nevertheless, some analysts say the earthquake and this week’s meeting, which will include neighboring leaders of Thailand, India and Bangladesh, can promote the justification of Mann Ang Hilang because they are expected to go ahead with a high critical election in December.

Rescue agencies on Wednesday described the widespread destruction and medical crisis in central Myanmar, in which hospitals overwhelmed, supplying water supply and risks of water -caused diseases.

Mohammad Riaz, director of the International Rescue Committee, said that humanitarian needs are “astonishing”.

He told Reuters, “It may be weeks ago that we understand the whole limit of destruction due to this earthquake as the lines of the communication network are low and the transport is interrupted.”

“People need immediate medical care, clean drinking water, tents, food and other basic needs. Providing health life -saving health services is essential.”

In Myanmar for Medical Aid Agency, Field Coordinator in Myanmar, Mikhail de Souza, said that in the other major city Mandala, about 500 500 buildings were completely demolished and another 800 was partially destroyed.

“Many people are still living in bad conditions,” he said. “Water deficiency is creating a problem in terms of immediate survival.”

On the basis of a war

Jinta has accused human rights groups of reducing human rights by maintaining stringent security measures in some severe earthquake areas.

In an incident that indicated the challenge of providing relief at the time of civil war, Janata said its troops fired a warning shots after failing to travel to a Chinese Red Cross convoy in a dispute zone.

Junta spokesman Zhao Mann Tun said the group did not inform the authorities about his journey.

China was one of the first countries to assist Myanmar, deploying rescue teams a day after the disaster and promising 100 million yuan ($ 13.76 million) worth of supply.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Go Jiacone said the rescue team and the goods were safe and demanded all parties in Myanmar to ensure the safety of the rescue and keep the relief routes “open and free”.

According to a rebel group and Amnesty International, despite the worst catastrophe in the decades of Myanmar, the army is based on war and has organized air strikes and other attacks near the affected areas.

Man Aung Hilang said Tuesday that the army had stopped the aggression, but the rebels are planning to exploit the disaster and preparation for attacking. On Tuesday, a major rebel alliance announced a unilateral ceasefire to support humanitarian efforts.

Prior to the announcement of the military’s temporary ceasefire, UN Special Reporter Tom Andrews on Myanmar said in an X post on Wednesday that Jinta’s attacks were “provocative” after the earthquake and “it should be condemned by the strongest terms by global leaders.”

‘Soldiers are everywhere’

In Central Myanmar, it is difficult to get information from areas like Sagang because of the conflict as part of the conflict due to the Jinta Internet and cellphone blackout, demanding that workers be eliminated after the earthquake.

The army has rejected international journalists’ requests to meet the destruction of the earthquake, citing water, electricity and hotel shortages.

Near the earthquake center, a man traveling to Sagang, “is everywhere in the military city,”. “They are there for security, not to rescue. They check every car.”

New York -based Human Rights Watch called on Junta to allow humanitarian aid and baseless access to a relief agencies, he says donors should get relief through independent groups instead of Jinta authorities.

“Myanmar’s junta cannot be trusted to respond to any catastrophe of this scale,” Brunei Lao, director of HRW’s deputy Asia, said in a report.

A woman in Mandala told Reuters that authorities were preparing a stage for the Thingian Water Festival this month, though many people were homeless, whose bodies were left under falling buildings.

In the neighboring Thailand, the earthquake killed 22 on Wednesday after trying to find a search in the wreckage of a Flickos building in Bangkok, the capital, Bangkok.

Heavy luggage was deployed to break 100 tonnes of concrete, hoping for the first survivor under the rubble mountain where 15 people were killed and 72 were missing.

“The search for survivors is underway, but we are changing plans,” said Bangkok Governor Chadchat Cypat. “We’re hollowing out a way to get inside the rescue team.”