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  • President Of ICRC To Arrive In Armenia On April 7

    PRESIDENT OF ICRC TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA ON APRIL 7

    Arka News Agency, Armenia
    April 4 2006

    YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. President of the International Committee
    of the Red Cross (ICRC) Jakob Kellenberger will arrive in Armenia on
    April 7th as part of his regional visit. The ICRC office in Armenia
    reported that Kellenberger will meet with Armenian President Robert
    Kocharyan and members of the RA government, and also with leaders of
    the Armenian Society of the Red Cross.

    Discussion of a number of humanitarian tasks, particularly, issues
    of people missing as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    will be held in the frameworks of the visit. Issues of teaching the
    international humanitarian law in the structures of armed forces will
    be also discussed.

    It was said in the office that Kellenberger will arrive in Yerevan
    after his visit to Azerbaijan and Georgia, where they will discuss
    issues, related to military conflicts in Abkhazia and South Osetia,
    and also conditions of prisoners in custody.

    On March 3 Kellenberger will pay a 2-day working visit to Baku,
    where he will meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and members of
    the government. Then he will visit Georgia and have meetings with
    Speaker Nino Burjanadze and Premier Zurab Nogaideli.

    Kellengberger also plans to meet with leaders of the Georgian Society
    of the Red Cross and the Society of Red Crescent of Azerbaijan.

    The ICRC functions in South Caucasus from 1992. As part of its
    activities it renders support and assistance to citizens and
    communities who suffered from military conflicts and pays visits to
    prisoners. The ICRC also sees to prevention of spread of tuberculosis
    in jails and application of the international humanitarian law.
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