Iran ready to help contain Russian fires
Following the expansion of wildfires in Russia, Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Sheibani offers to help Moscow contain and extinguish the blaze.
In a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Sadovnikov, Sheibani conveyed the Iranian government's condolatory message the people and officials of Russia.
"Iran has considerable capability and good experience in containing natural and unexpected disasters and is ready to make use of them (its experience and capabilities) to resolve the existing crisis...," Sheibani was quoted as saying in a foreign ministry statement.
Posted by: Fred 2010-08-10 |