YANGON: Myanmar said Friday it was not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking cyclone survivors. The foreign ministry announcement, made in a state-run newspaper, followed repeated calls from aid groups who say it is essential to get disaster experts into the country to cope with the almost unimaginable destruction. "Currently Myanmar 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."