China offers Colombia quake relief as new president’s US pivot leaves Beijing waiting

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China has offered earthquake relief assistance to Colombia following a magnitude 7.4 quake that caused over 200 fatalities and significant damage in Colombia's western region.

China said on Wednesday it would help Colombia recover from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the country’s west on Monday, killing more than 200 people. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing would do what it could in suitable ways, in line with what Colombia requested, in response to questions from Xinhua and Telesur at a briefing in Beijing. Guo said no Chinese nationals had been reported killed or injured in the disaster, and that the embassy in Bogota was “working to...