Although the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ranko Krivokapić, announced the arrival of a special "Canadair CL-415 T" fire-fighting hydroplane from Croatia for today to help extinguish the large fires that have been burning in Boka for days, this did not happen, nor will it happen in the foreseeable future. .
Namely, the head of the Directorate for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Miodrag Bešović, confirmed to "Vijesta" around 14:XNUMX p.m. that Zagreb received a negative response to the official request for assistance that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent to Croatia this morning through official channels in accordance with the bilateral agreement between the two countries.
"We received an answer that Croatia currently has only three "Canadairs" of which only two are in operational condition, and that due to their own needs and firefighting that they have on their territory, they are not able to meet our request." , said Bešović.
Last night, Krivokapić announced on Twitter that through his Croatian colleague Goran Grlić-Radman, he managed to make Croatia available to Montenegro starting today with one "Canadair" that will put out the fires in Boka.
Although it was very uncertain that it would be realized because Croatia itself this year is dealing with the failure of half of its fleet of a total of six "CL-415T" type aircraft that the country has at its disposal, Minister without Portfolio in the Government of Montenegro Adrijan Vuksanović (HGI) Last night, in a phone call, he thanked Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković for, as HGI announced last night, "that "Canadair" from Croatia will put out fires in Boka Kotorska".
"It is not the first time that the Republic of Croatia, at a time when it is itself affected by fires, has ceded a canard to help Montenegro fight against the elements of fire. The Croatian civic initiative often points out, but also affirms, the fact that Montenegro and the Republic of Croatia are two friendly countries. HGI will continue to strengthen good relations between them in all fields, and for the benefit of our citizens. Thank you Croatia", HGI announced yesterday.
However, despite Krivikapić's promises and Vuksanović's thanks to Plenković, "Canadair" from Croatia has not and will not arrive in Boka today.
In the meantime, the firefighters in Boka were left without the help of the only available small fire-fighting aircraft of the "Air Tractor AT-802" type of the Montenegrin MUP, because that aircraft, after several hours of throwing "water bombs" at the fire site above Kamenar, stopped working and flew to Podgorica.
"The plane had to shut down because according to the procedure, after a certain time the engine must cool down and be inspected by mechanics. After that is done and the plane is refueled, we expect that plane to be involved in firefighting operations again in the afternoon," he said. "News" Bešović.
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