MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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PRESS RELEASE
18-07-07
Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets with International Red Cross Committee
Representative
On July 18, Minister Oskanian received Yves Arnoldy who is completing his
mission as representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross
in Armenia. Mr. Arnoldy was accompanied by Mr. James Reinhold to the
Minister as the newly-appointed head of ICRC to Armenia.
During the meeting, Mr. Arnoldy thanked the Armenian Government and
particularly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the years of cooperation.
He went over ICRC’s ongoing projects in Armenia, including a continuing
search for missing persons and collecting ante-mortem data about soldiers
who died in custody, about prisoner exchanges and correspondence with
prisoners’ families, fighting against tuberculosis in prisons, promoting and
teaching international humanitarian law.
The Minister and his guests expressed hope that the current agenda of
cooperation will be deepened.