Canada To Host Pledging Conference For Aid To Displaced Venezuelans In June - Statement

Canada to Host Pledging Conference for Aid to Displaced Venezuelans in June - Statement

Canada will host an international pledging conference to raise financial support for Venezuelan refugees and migrants displaced by the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in the South American country, Global Affairs Canada said on Thursday

TORONTO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th May, 2021) Canada will host an international pledging conference to raise financial support for Venezuelan refugees and migrants displaced by the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in the South American country, Global Affairs Canada said on Thursday.

"On June 17, 2021, led by Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, Canada will host a high-level International Donors' Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration," Global Affairs Canada said in a statement.

The event aims to solicit additional financial and technical support, raise awareness about the crisis and discuss next actions, the statement said.

The last such event was convened by the European Union and Spain in May of 2020.

Venezuela has experienced political and humanitarian crisis since 2019 after Juan Guaido, then head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, proclaimed himself to be an interim president of Venezuela in a bid to oust re-elected Nicolas Maduro from power.

Maduro has said Guaido is a US puppet working with Washington to orchestrate a coup so that the United States can control Venezuela's natural resources. Canada is among a handful of countries that still recognizes Guaido as Venezuela's president. The European Union recently revoked its recognition of Guaido.