The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it is launching a system for European countries to help Greece and Albania tackle ongoing forest fires.
At a press conference on Tuesday, a spokesman for the commission said that the support to Greece consists of: two planes from Italy, two helicopters from France and Serbia, and ground firefighters from the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Romania and Serbia. Romanian, Maltese and Moldovan firefighters were already in Greece, the spokesman said.
According to a statement by the commission, Albania will receive a military aircraft from Romania that can carry 6 tons of water. The aircraft will be deployed on Wednesday, the commission said.
Serbia and Moldova are not part of the EU, but together with Albania and some other countries they are part of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, which responds to such disasters.
