Aid for Serbia coming in from all over the world
BELGRADE - The United Nations, the Russian Federation and several European and regional countries have sent relief aid and rescue teams to Serbia to help it deal with the consequences of the floods, the press office of the Serbian Interior Ministry said on Monday.
The first shipment of UN aid, consisting of power generators, water pumps and rescue boats, arrived at the Nikola Tesla airport on late Sunday.
A second shipment - food and water for those most in danger - is due on Monday.
The UN has established a team within the Emergency Situations Sector to coordinate the relief effort and help Serbian authorities deal with the consequences of the floods.
Forty French rescue workers specialised in flood defence arrived late Sunday, equipped with two rescue boats, several pumps and other equipment.
Rescue teams from 17 countries, equipped with high-capacity pumps and boats, are working non-stop with their Serbian colleagues to evacuate those in danger.
Russian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, German, Austrian, Hungarian, Czech, Belorussian, Macedonian and Montenegrin teams are taking part in the rescue operations.
Seventy-six rescue workers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations are in Obrenovac. Two more Russian planes carrying relief aid and equipment have arrived in Serbia, with another shipment announced as well.
Helicopters from Germany, Switzerland, Belarus and Macedonia, as well as one sent by the EULEX mission, have joined the rescue operations. Seven rescue helicopters from Slovenia and Hungary are coordinated by the helicopter unit of the Serbian Interior Ministry.
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