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  • BAKU: President Of ICRC To Visit Azerbaijan On 3 April

    PRESIDENT OF ICRC TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN ON 3 APRIL

    Azerbaijan Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    March 30 2006

    President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Jacob
    Kellenberger will pay his first visit to Azerbaijan on 3 April. The
    ICRC representative office in Azerbaijan informed APA that the ICRC
    President will have talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev
    and deputy Prime Minister, head of the State Committee for Refugees
    and Displaced Persons, Ali Hasanov.

    Mr.Kellenberger will also hold meetings in the Foreign Ministry,
    National Security Ministry, Defense, Justice and Health Ministries.

    The issue on implementation of ICRC's Action Plan in Azerbaijan is
    expected to be discussed during the visit. The discussions will also
    focus on the missing persons as a result of the Nagorno Garabagh
    conflict, teaching of international humanitarian law in Azerbaijan's
    armed forces and tuberculosis treatment program in the country.

    Besides, Mr.Kellenberger will visit Azerbaijan Society of Red Crescent
    and displaced-persons camp in Sabirabad.

    The ICRC President will leave for Georgia on 4 April and to Armenia
    after that. Kellenberger will end his visit to the South Caucasus on
    7 April.

    The previous head of the ICRC last visited Azerbaijan in 1995. The
    ICRC has been functioning in Azerbaijan since 1992.
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