Belarus to send humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Venezuela

The Council of Ministers, with the consent of the Head of State, decided to provide humanitarian assistance to Venezuela in connection with the devastating consequences of powerful earthquakes. The corresponding resolution was signed by Prime Minister Alexander Turchin, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency reports with reference to the press service of the government.

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The humanitarian cargo is planned to include property for life support, motor pumps, compressor station, as well as 12 tons of medical products.

The total cost of assistance, including logistics costs for cargo transportation, is estimated at more than BYN 1 million.

Earlier, TASS wrote that tremors in Venezuela were recorded in the evening of June 24. The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2, the second - 7.5. Then there were more than 1.5 thousand aftershocks. The death toll exceeded 6.5 thousand people. More than 25,000 homes suffered significant damage.