- Title: Russia's Lavrov and ICRC President discuss Syria, Ukraine in Moscow
- Date: 23rd November 2016
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (NOVEMBER 23, 2016) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, AND PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS, PETER MAURER, ENTERING ROOM FOR TALKS, POSING FOR PICTURE, SHAKING HANDS AND TAKING SEATS PHOTOGRAPHERS TALKS IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING: "Recently we have been especially intensively cooperating on humanitarian issues of the Syrian crisis and the situation in eastern Ukraine. We highly appreciate your traditionally impartial, honest, depoliticized character of the ICRC activities." MAURER LISTENING TALKS IN PROGRESS LAVROV LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS, PETER MAURER, SAYING: "The impact of these conflicts risks to destabilize further international relations and therefore it is important that we have an opportunity to define cooperation which works against these destabilising effects of the conflicts." JOURNALISTS/ TALKS IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS, PETER MAURER, SAYING: "I'm particularly happy to be here and to know that we have strong interlocutors and good relationships between Russia and the ICRC in the region that the ministers mentioned, and particularly in Syria and the Middle East as a whole, but also in Ukraine and that we have a strong partner in developing international humanitarian law and shaping a common understanding of the significance of this legal framework." TALKS IN PROGRESS JOURNALIST LAVROV AND MAURER SHAKING HANDS AND LEAVING VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MANSION
- Embargoed: 8th December 2016 17:20
- Keywords: Russia Syria Middle East United States diplomacy conflict humanitarian operation
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA00159NZW3R
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday (November 23) held talks with President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer who arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit.
Lavrov and Maurer discussed humanitarian situation in Syria and Ukraine.
Lavrov underlined long-term cooperation between Russia and ICRC and "impartial, honest, depoliticized character of the ICRC activities".
Maurer said that "the impact of these conflicts risks to destabilize further international relations and therefore it is important that we have an opportunity to define cooperation which works against these destabilising effects of the conflicts."
He was expected to travel to Russia in a bid to secure access to civilians in Aleppo. Hundreds of people have been killed this week in a concerted push by the government and its allies to quash resistance in the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo and re-establish control over what was once Syria's biggest city.
Maurer is expected to meet Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday (November 24) and fly on to Washington and Tehran afterwards. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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