Hellenic PM thanks Egypt for sending firefighting helicopters to help put out wildfires in Greece

CAIRO- 24 July 2023: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis thanked Egypt and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for helping Greece put out fires blazed several parts nationwide. 

 

“I want to express our gratitude to Egypt for sending 3 firefighting helicopters to reinforce our efforts in the fight against forest fires. Thank you Egypt! 🇪🇬🇬🇷,” he said on his Twitter account on Sunday.

 

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave ordered to the Armed Forces to participate in extinguishing wildfires that burn for several days and swept through the island of Rhodes, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense on Sunday.

 

President Sisi ordered to send three equipped Boeing CH-47 Chinook for extinguishing the fires that broke out in a number of forests in Greece.

 

“This comes as an affirmation of the depth of the historical relations between Egypt and Greece,” the statement read.

 

Greece has witnessed the longest heatwave on record. “According to the data, we will probably go through 16-17 days of a heatwave, which has never happened before in our country," AFP reported the director of research at the National Observatory Kostas Lagouvardos’ comments to ERT television Saturday.

 

Wildfires also have burnt several parties across the country. Meanwhile, the Greek authorities ordered evcuate 19,000 people from Rhodes Island due to the uncontrolled fires.