Hariri Leases Two Cypriot Choppers to Fight Forest Fires
Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Wednesday donated the cost of leasing two helicopters from Cyprus for three months to help combat forest fires that usually rage in the summer.
Hariri, in a memo to Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, said he made the donation to the Higher Relief Council.
Hariri said his move aims at facilitating firefighting in areas where land crews cannot operate.
He asked Saniora to apply the needed procedure to accept his donations.
Shortly after receiving Hariri”s memo, Saniora instructed the HRC to "proceed with putting the donation into effect to lease the two helicopters from Cyprus."
Two Cypriot choppers arrived in Lebanon earlier in the day to take part in combating forest fires raging east of the capital.