BURMA has deported aid workers after declaring it is "not ready" for foreign search and rescue teams following a devastating cyclone.
In a statement in a state newspaper today, the foreign ministry said search and rescue team and media who arrived on Wednesday on a flight from Qatar were deported the same day.
"Currently Myanmar (Burma) has prioritised receiving emergency relief provisions and is making strenuous efforts to transport those provisions without delay by its own labours to the affected areas," it said.
"As such, Myanmar is not ready to receive search and rescue teams as well as media teams from foreign countries."
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