Indonesia holds off on foreign help to fight forest fires, says it can manage on its own
- SINGAPORE: Foreign offers of assistance to help Indonesia tackle widespread forest and land fires remain on hold as the country has not declared the situation a national disaster.
- Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Dudung Abdurachman said the government was still capable of handling the fires with its own resources.
- "This means that if a national disaster is declared, assistance from foreign countries would become available," he was quoted as saying by Indonesian news outlet Kompas after a ministerial-level meeting in Jakarta on Monday (Oct 19).
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- SINGAPORE: Foreign offers of assistance to help Indonesia tackle widespread forest and land fires remain on hold as the country has not declared the situation a national disaster.
- Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Dudung Abdurachman said the government was still capable of handling the fires with its own resources.
- "This means that if a national disaster is declared, assistance from foreign countries would become available," he was quoted as saying by Indonesian news outlet Kompas after a ministerial-level meeting in Jakarta on Monday (Oct 19).
Sources: CNA