Moscow
(ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, has completed a visit to Moscow during which he met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei
Lavrov, the Minister of Regional Development, Dmitry Kozak, and the Minister of the Interior, Rashid Nurgaliev.
The Russian authorities indicated their willingness to continue
cooperation and strengthen relations with the ICRC.
"Positive economic developments in the northern Caucasus have enabled the ICRC over the past couple of years to gradually shift its focus
from emergency aid to recovery programmes," said Mr Kellenberger.
"However, there remain many people in need of support, such as families with loved ones who have gone missing." The ICRC
president will continue his dialogue with the Russian authorities next autumn, when he is scheduled to take part in a conference on international humanitarian law to be organized jointly by the ICRC
and Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States to mark the 140th anniversary of the Declaration of St Petersburg.
For further information, please
contact:
Yuriy Shafarenko, ICRC Moscow, tel +7 495 626 5426 or +7 903 545 3534
Marçal Izard, ICRC Geneva, tel +41 22 730 2458 or +41 79 217 3224
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