KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government of Jamaica is providing humanitarian assistance to the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, following two devastating earthquakes, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has announced.

“Although Jamaica is still in its recovery and rebuilding stage, we have not forgotten the hand of friendship extended to us by Venezuela in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa,” Johnson Smith said on Tuesday.

“That support reached us at a difficult hour, and we are moved by the same spirit of friendship and regional solidarity as Venezuela now confronts this tragedy. Jamaica stands with the people of Venezuela as families grieve, the injured receive care and affected communities begin the difficult work of recovery and rebuilding,” she added.