"We are prepared to send our Bombardier aircraft to Sumatra to help put out the forest fires that have been responsible for the cross-border haze," Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim said on Sunday (21/08), as reported by local news.
The minister has reportedly been in touch with Indonesian counterparts and is awaiting a formal request before deploying the aircraft.
Last week, Malaysia's Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said haze had returned to the country, despite Indonesian efforts to alleviate the crisis, local media reported. The minister promised to write a letter to his Indonesian counterpart on the issue.
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