Nicolás Maduro expresses solidarity with Xi Jinping in the face of the earthquake that left 127 dead in China

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Madurothis Tuesday expressed solidarity with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinpingbefore him earthquake magnitude 6.2 that occurred on Monday in the Asian country, which mainly affected the provinces of Gansu It is Qinghai.

“We are supportive and have embraced them since Venezuela to the noble Chinese people and their president, Xi JinpingAt this time of difficulties due to human losses and injuries (…) Our condolences to the families of the victims“, expressed the Chavista leader through X (formerly Twitter).

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Before, the Venezuelan chancellor, Yvan Gilexpressed the solidarity of the Chavista Government with Beijingthrough another message on the same social network in which he conveyed his condolences and said “wishes the injured a speedy recovery”.

China Search and rescue tasks are maintained amid low temperatures, while relief and reinforcement teams begin to arrive in the northwest of the country to treat the victims.

In the last few hours, the number of victims reported by the authorities remained stable at 127 (113 in Gansu and 14 in Qinghai) and the injured total at least 734 people, to which there are around 20 missing.

The earthquake damaged or caused the collapse of more than 155,000 homes and initially affected water, energy, telecommunications and transport services.

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The Chinese government and Ministry of Emergency Management declared a level II response to the incident and 200 million yuan (about 28 million dollars) was allocated for relief and recovery efforts.

It is the deadliest earthquake in China since the one that occurred in August 2014 in the western province of Yunnanwhich left 617 dead, but far from the number suffered in 2008 in the province of Sichuanwhich left at least 70,000 dead.

Source: Elcomercio

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