Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has pledged Trinidad and To­ba­go’s sup­port to earth­quake-rav­aged Venezuela, say­ing the Gov­ern­ment stands ready to pro­vide hu­man­i­tar­i­an as­sis­tance as the neigh­bour­ing coun­try grap­ples with wide­spread dev­as­ta­tion.

In a state­ment to­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar ex­pressed sym­pa­thy to the Venezue­lan peo­ple fol­low­ing Wednes­day night’s pow­er­ful earth­quakes, which have claimed lives and left ex­ten­sive de­struc­tion.

“The Gov­ern­ment and peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go, and I, ex­tend our heart­felt sym­pa­thy to the Gov­ern­ment and peo­ple of Venezuela fol­low­ing the re­cent earth­quake, which has caused loss of life and de­struc­tion,” the Prime Min­is­ter said.