Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis thanks Türkiye for providing firefighting aircraft in support of their efforts in controlling the raging wildfires
Firefighters have tried to control the fire that broke out in the wider Athens area, gutting houses and forcing evacuations. / Photo: AA
"Our gratitude goes out to Türkiye for sending two firefighting planes and one helicopter to assist us in our fight against forest fires. Thank you Türkiye!," Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Twitter on Saturday. Two amphibious firefighting aircraft and a firefighting helicopter, that departed from Türkiye, arrived in Greece early Saturday.
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