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Israel holds farewell event for foreign assistance forces

07 December 2010 14:17 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva â€“ APA. A farewell ceremony was held in Israel for the international firefighting forces that assisted Israel in putting out the recent fire in the Carmel Forest region. Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon expressed gratitude to the firefighters on behalf of the Israeli people, APA reports quoting the website of the Israelâ€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. â€œEach and every one of you left behind a family, home and a country and boarded a plane at a moment’s notice to extend your hand in assistance to save lives, both material and physical, in a foreign land. I would humbly like to send the deepest gratitude of the Israeli people and its government to your respective leaders for answering our call for assistance without hesitationâ€.
Ayalon gave each delegation a certificate that a tree was planted on their behalf by the Deputy Foreign Minister. I am honored to present you today with a certificate representing trees that were planted in your country’s name in the Carmel Forest that you helped protect. Now you all literally have roots in Israelâ€.
Over 200 members of the international forces from Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Switzerland, the United States, Azerbaijan, Croatia and France attended the event.