OREANDA-NEWS   On October 31, 2016 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Alena Kupchyna, met with the Head of Delegation of International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova Magne Barth and the Secretary-General of the Belarusian Red Cross Society Olga Mychko.

The parties discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral relations, in particular, the implementation of ICRC humanitarian projects in the Republic of Belarus, the support to the Belarusian Red Cross Society, the issues of dissemination of knowledge about the international humanitarian law.

Special attention was drawn to the fields of further cooperation on topical issues of humanitarian concern, as well as perspectives of establishing a permanent ICRC presence in Minsk.