India, June 29 -- India has sent humanitarian response to earthquake-hit Venezuela by dispatching a field hospital, medical personnel and relief supplies as the country struggles with one of its deadliest natural disasters in recent years.

The assistance is being sent under Operation Amistad, with Indian rescue support reaching Venezuela as authorities continue efforts to locate survivors trapped beneath collapsed structures.

The relief package comprises an Indian Army Field Hospital Unit, medicines, medical equipment and other humanitarian assistance intended to strengthen rescue and recovery operations in the affected regions.

Announcing the deployment, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said the assistance had reached Venezuela....