Venezuela ratified in a diplomatic note to the United States government its offer to repatriate nationals from both peoples on free flights, as reported Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Tuesday.
The note, delivered on Monday, was sent by the country’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations (UN) to the US delegation in that body, as detailed the Chancellor:
“We ratify the offer to repatriate for free our compatriots in the US, and to transfer US citizens to their country”, says a message from Arreaza posted on the Twitter social network.
In addition, the Venezuelan Executive indicated the offer includes the transfer “with the safest health protocols” due to the Covid-19 pandemic, whose epicenter is the North American nation.
According to the proposal, it seeks to repatriate Venezuelans from the US and take North Americans who wish to do so back to their country, through flights of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Conviasa).
Last April, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed his willingness to seek out fellow nationals who are in the US to be treated in the face of the pandemic.
“I ratify the will of my government to place all the Conviasa planes that may be needed to go to look for the Venezuelans who are in the US. I am ready and willing to make the planes available”, said the Venezuelan head of state.
However, and despite the fact that the national government has repeatedly expressed its willingness to repatriate Venezuelans, Donald Trump’s administration insists on intensifying the coercive measures against the country.
In the context of the global health crisis, the US is the nation with the highest number of infections and deaths; 5,723,625 cases and 176,852 deaths confirmed to date, as quotes the Worldometers platform.
On the other hand, Venezuela reported 1,125 new cases of community transmission and 46 imported cases in the last hours, accounting for 36,868 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 25,416 have already been recovered, specifically a 69% of the total.
