PRESIDENT OF ICRC TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN ON 3 APRIL

Azerbaijan Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 30 2006

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Jacob
Kellenberger will pay his first visit to Azerbaijan on 3 April. The
ICRC representative office in Azerbaijan informed APA that the ICRC
President will have talks with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev
and deputy Prime Minister, head of the State Committee for Refugees
and Displaced Persons, Ali Hasanov.

Mr.Kellenberger will also hold meetings in the Foreign Ministry,
National Security Ministry, Defense, Justice and Health Ministries.

The issue on implementation of ICRC’s Action Plan in Azerbaijan is
expected to be discussed during the visit. The discussions will also
focus on the missing persons as a result of the Nagorno Garabagh
conflict, teaching of international humanitarian law in Azerbaijan’s
armed forces and tuberculosis treatment program in the country.

Besides, Mr.Kellenberger will visit Azerbaijan Society of Red Crescent
and displaced-persons camp in Sabirabad.

The ICRC President will leave for Georgia on 4 April and to Armenia
after that. Kellenberger will end his visit to the South Caucasus on
7 April.

The previous head of the ICRC last visited Azerbaijan in 1995. The
ICRC has been functioning in Azerbaijan since 1992.