The United States has expressed solidarity with Venezuelans as it pledged to send rescue teams and humanitarian supplies to the South American country following two powerful earthquakes.
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance Jeremy Lewin said the State Department is working with partners in Venezuela’s interim government.
“The U.S. will be sending search and rescue teams, medical and humanitarian supplies and other resources in the crucial first days after this tragic natural disaster,” he said.
“The US stands with the Venezuelan people in the aftermath of this evening’s devastating earthquakes,” US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X Wednesday.
“May God bless our Venezuelan friends at this difficult moment,” he said, adding: “¡Fuerza Venezuela! ¡Estamos con Ustedes!”
All personnel at the US Embassy in Caracas have been accounted for, Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson said.
Source: CNN
– Agencies
