The ICRC has a long-standing history of working in the South Caucasus. The meeting reflects the organization’s sustained commitment to maintaining dialogue and working towards finding solutions for all those affected by conflict, in keeping with its principles of neutrality and independence.
President Spoljaric also met with President of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society Dr Novruz Aslanov and society representatives.
About the ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the world affected by armed conflict and other violence, doing everything it can to protect their lives and dignity and to relieve their suffering, often alongside its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners.
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