President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
The call addressed steps to further enhance the Türkiye-Russia relations.
President Erdoğan thanked his Russian counterpart for sending five more Ilyushin II-76 firefighting planes with a capacity of 40 tons of water and three more Mil Mi-8 firefighting helicopters to support Türkiye in its fight against the forest fires.
President Putin, for his part, wished a speedy recovery to President Erdoğan for the forest fires.