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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-07-26
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[01] Russia to send reinforcements against forest fires
[01] Russia to send reinforcements against forest fires
The Russian government will be sending Greece firefighting aircraft as
reinforcements on Friday, following a request made by Greek Prime
Minister Costas Karamanlis.
According to an announcement by the prime minister's office, Karamanlis
called Russian President Vladimir Putin on the telephone at 11:30 on
Thursday morning and requested Russia's assistance, asking him to send
additional firefighting aircraft to reinforce Greek fire-fighting
means.
Putin contacted the Greek prime minister after a few minutes and
informed him that the Russian government will sent operationally
available firefighting aircraft on Friday.
The Greek premier thanked Putin for his rapid response and his
country's assistance during a very difficult situation for Greece, due
to the large number of forest fires that have started and the
unprecedented weather conditions, the announcement said.
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