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.