Venezuela: Paris announces the deployment of 85 rescue workers specialized in search and rescue and clearance operations

Kinshasa, June 25^th, 2026 (CPA).- The French President has announced on Thursday the immediate deployment of a team of 85 rescue workers specialized in search-and-rescue and clearance operations to assist Venezuela, which has been hit by a series of powerful earthquakes, international media have reported. “I am announcing the immediate deployment of a team of 85 French rescue workers specialized in rescue and clearance operations,” has declared Emmanuel Macron, the French President. “I have expressed the France’s solidarity with the Venezuelan people and addressed our thoughts to the victims and to their loved ones,” has written Emmanuel Macron. “France stands ready, alongside its European partners, to provide assistance to the affected populations in response to the needs expressed by the Venezuelan authorities,” he has added. According to the Venezuelan authorities, the provisional death toll from the earthquakes is rising, and several injured people are being treated in the country’s healthcare facilities. For her part, the Acting President Delcy Rodriguez has thanked the countries that had expressed their solidarity in the wake of the disaster.ACP/