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On the visit of the ICRC President Peter Maurer to Belarus

08.11.2017

On November 7-9, 2017 the President of the International  Committee of Red Cross Peter Maurer paid a working visit to Belarus in order to sign an agreement on the establishing of the permanent ICRC mission in Belarus. This visit became the first  one in the history of cooperation between Belarus and ICRC.

Picture by the press service of the President of the Republic of Belarus

During the visit Peter Maurer met the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. At the meeting the parties have discussed the current state and perspective areas of cooperation. The parties have also confirmed mutual interest in further strengthening  of cooperation. A.Lukashenko stated that Belarus would always support the activities of the humanitarian organizations, and that the visit and planned establishment of the permanent ICRC mission in Belarus would mark a new phase of cooperation.  P.Maurer highly estimated humanitarian and peacemaking activities of Belarus,   thanked Belarus for the support of the IRCR and also expressed  hope that Belarus could play a leading role in spreading humanitarian activities on theregional level.

Picture by the press service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

At the meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei an Agreement on the status, privileges and immunities of the  ICRC in Belarus, which would allow the Committee to establish its permarent mission in Belarus.

During the visit P.Maurer also met Minister of Justice Oleg Slizheuski, Minister of Defence Andrei Ravkov, as well as with management and staff of the Belarusian Red Cross.

Moreover, ICRC president took part in the opening ceremony  of the Sixth regional ICRC seminar on implementation of the international humanitarian law, and also gave a lecture for the students of the Belarusian State University on the actual problems of humanitarian activities.

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