CAIRO, July 27, 2018 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry expressed his heartfelt condolences to his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias over the victims of Greek forest fires that erupted at the vicinity of Mati and Ravina resorts eastern Athens leaving 81 persons dead and at least 187 others injured. This came during a phone conversation that Shoukry held on Friday with Kotzias . Shoukry asserted that the Egyptian government and people are standing by Greece in this ordeal, extending deep condolences to the families of the victims, wishing the injured a speedy recovery, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement.