External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar announced Operation Amistad, under which two Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft took off for Venezuela carrying urgent humanitarian assistance to support post-earthquake relief efforts. Amistad means friendship in Spanish.
In a social media post, Dr Jaishankar said the assistance includes an Indian Army Field Hospital Unit and over 35 tonnes of relief supplies, medicines and medical equipment, including two BHISHM Cubes.
He said India is committed to supporting the government and people of Venezuela during this difficult time.
The operation, dubbed Operation Amistad—the Spanish word for ‘friendship’—includes a 41-member medical team from the Indian Army’s 60 Para Field Hospital, equipped to provide emergency care, trauma treatment and life-saving surgical support to communities devastated by powerful earthquakes.