Menendez Urges Biden to Provide Additional Assistance to Greece

The US might send additional assistance to fire-ravaged Greece according to a request by Bob Menendez.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today penned a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to urge the Department of Defense to provide additional assistant to Greece in its efforts to confront the devastating fires currently raging across the country.

“Greece is a close and valued NATO ally. I urge the Administration to take all measures necessary to support the people of Greece in their time of need,” Chairman Menendez said, applauding the Department of Defense’s deployment of P8 aircraft to Greece to provide enhanced situational awareness of the fires’ threats to infrastructure and residential areas.

Additional Assistance to Greece fire

“These efforts have saved lives and I urge the Department to fulfill additional requests for assistance, including the deployment of CH-47 helicopters.”

Find a copy of the letter by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez below:

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am writing to request that the Department of Defense provide support to the Hellenic Republic in its efforts to confront devastating fires. I applaud the Department’s deployment of P8 aircraft to Greece to provide enhanced situational awareness of the threats to infrastructure and residential areas. These efforts have saved lives and I urge the Department to fulfill additional requests for assistance, including the deployment of CH-47 helicopters.

Greece is a close and valued NATO ally. I urge the Administration to take all measures necessary to support the people of Greece in their time of need.

Menendez, a Philhellene

Although not Greek himself, Menendez has worked tirelessly to help Greece as it faced repeated incursions on its airspace and territorial waters, and after Turkey purchased its S-400 missile system from Russia against the express wishes of its fellow NATO members.