Bulgaria was ready to help Greece in overcoming the consequences of the fires raging in the country, Bulgaria’s President Georgi Purvanov said in a letter to his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias.

For Bulgaria, helping Greece would be a symbol of friendship between Bulgarian and Greek peoples, Purvanov said, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA.

Bulgaria was monitoring the situation in Greece with “great anxiety and sympathy”, Purvanov said. He also offered condolence to the families of the fire victims on behalf of Bulgarians.

Also, the EU mobilised all its members to fight against the fires in Greece, Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported.

The European Commission (EC) said that Greece would receive the most serious help rendered to an EU member ever.

Six European countries – Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and France – provided Greece with fire-fighting equipment.

The commission was satisfied European solidarity was functioning at full strength, the EC also said.

More than 60 people have so far died in the fires.