(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Over 20 NATO and partner countries have offered assistance for ongoing flood relief efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovin, following a request by Sarajevo to NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EARDCC).
"This is a terrible natural disaster and I express my condolences for all the lives lost throughout the region. My thoughts are with the families and communities affected," said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in a press statement.
He stressed that "many allies and partners have already responded to this crisis. They are sending helicopters, boats, emergency response teams, much needed drinking water, food, shelter and funds." Bosnia and Herzegovina requested disaster assistance on Thursday (15 May) following heavy rainfalls that started on 13 May, causing severe floods and landslides in the North Eastern and Central parts of the country.
EADRCC is NATO's civil emergency response mechanism for the Euro-Atlantic area. It is active all year round, and involves NATO's 28 allies and 41 partner countries from across the globe.
Meanwhile, NATO chief Rasmussen is to visit Sarajevo tomorrow, Wednesday, for talks with the Bosnian leadership, according to a NATO press release.
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