Venezuela and Nicaragua Express Solidarity With China Over Xizang Earthquake
Consequences of the earthquake in the Xizang region, China, Jan. 7, 2025. X/ @PERIODICORUTA
January 7, 2025 Hour: 11:50 am
The Bolivarian nation extends its willingness to provide support in whatever its strategic partner requires at this time.
On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil issued a statement confirming that Venezuela feels deep regret for the human consequences of the earthquake that hit China in the morning.
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“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its deepest solidarity with the People’s Republic of China, the people of the Xizang Autonomous Region and President Xi Jinping, following the devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Tsogo Township, Dingri County,” he said.
“Venezuela, a timeless and unwavering strategic partner of the People’s Republic of China, stands by the Chinese people and extends its willingness to cooperate and provide support in the areas that are necessary at this difficult time,” Gil added.
The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Tremors were also felt in neighboring Nepal and India. So far, Chinese authorities have recorded 95 dead and 130 injured. Rescue operations in the affected area are still underway.
On Tuesday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega also sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping to express his nation’s solidarity in the face of the human losses caused by the earthquake.
“With all the love and solidarity of our people to your people, and in particular to the families affected by the earthquake, we send to you and to the brothers and sisters of the city of Shigatsu, Autonomous Region of Xizang, our heartfelt condolences and prayers,” he said.
“From our blessed and always free Nicaragua, receive with this message the certainty of our fraternal accompaniment. We fully trust in the Party and its government to quickly recover normality in the daily life of the brothers of Shigatsu,” the Sandinist leader added.
teleSUR/ JF Sources: FAM – Xinhua
