(MENAFN) In support of efforts to put out continuing forest fires, Kazakhstan sent two helicopters to Turkey.
The helicopters and a special team of 16 people departure from Nur Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, to Turkey's southwestern Mugla province upon the instruction of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, according to Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Ministry.
Nur Sultan is prepared to supply humanitarian assistance to restore forests damaged by fire.
Turkey’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli further declared that of the 223 forest fires that started last week, just six remain current.
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