The final statement does not refer to any agreements.
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer paid a two-day visit to Moscow, during which he raised a number of humanitarian issues on the situation in Ukraine. However, the official communiqué on the outcome of the trip does not specify any specific results of the visit or arrangements.
According to the ICRC, during the visit Mr. Maurer met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin and President of the Russian Red Cross Pavel Savchuk.
Mr Maurer noted the need to facilitate the departure of civilians from hostilities, stressed the inviolability of facilities such as hospitals and schools, raised the need to report all prisoners of war and facilitate the return of the dead, and the need for medical care in combat zones.
“My talks with the Russian authorities are part of the ongoing sustainable ICRC-Russia dialogue on humanitarian needs and international humanitarian law. Last week I was in Kiev, and this week in Moscow; I also visited Donbass several times. We are talking to all parties with one goal: to save lives and reduce human suffering during the armed conflict, “Mauer said after the visit.
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It will be recalled that the bodies of Russian servicemen killed in the Sumy region have not been taken to Russia in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For about a month now, they have been in special packages on the city streets or in the yards.
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