Watched being enjoy this US helps Russia tackle wildfires
The first US air force planes have arrived in Russia loaded with equipment to help tackle
wildfires that have been raging across vast areas of the country for weeks.
Two C-130 aircraft loaded with aid landed at a Moscow airport on Saturday as Russian officials said the ferocious blazes which have killed at least 50 people were beginning to be brought under control.
"After close consultation between the Russian government, the United States began the deliveries of fire fighting equipment valued at approximately $2.5 million ... to bolster Russia's fire suppression efforts," Eric Rubin, the US embassy charge d'affaires, said.
"These deliveries will include water tanks, pumps, hand tools, fire protective clothing and medical kits."
Valery Shuikov, the deputy head of the international department of the Russian emergencies ministry, welcomed the assistance.
"We will always remember this gesture, this arm that was extended to us at a very difficult time," Shuikov said at the Vnukovo airport.
Two further flights are due to arrive with more equipment in the coming days.
Coppied by http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/2010814211230339273.html
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