Indonesia gives green light for Malaysia to fight haze-linked fires
INDONESIA has approved Malaysia’s offer to deploy firefighting assets to help tackle forest and land fires contributing to transboundary haze, particularly affecting Sarawak, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today. The appr...
Indonesia has given Malaysia the green light to deploy firefighting assets to combat forest and land fires causing transboundary haze, particularly impacting Sarawak. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed this during a meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. The cooperation involves Malaysia sending a Bombardier CL-415MP amphibious aircraft, three helicopters, and 52 personnel and officers to assist Indonesian firefighting operations.
While the assistance is primarily targeted at extinguishing existing fires, agreements have been reached for long-term measures to prevent recurring fires and the resulting haze in Kalimantan, Sumatra, and other affected regions in Indonesia.
Written by urgent.news from The Vibes's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
Also reported by 3 other outlets
- Indonesia accepts Malaysia’s offer to help put out Kalimantan fires freemalaysiatoday.com
- DPM Zahid: Malaysia gets Indonesia’s green light to help battle Kalimantan fires behind haze malaymail.com
- President Prabowo says Indonesia must be strong to help Palestine en.antaranews.com
