The head of General Staff received the ICRC delegation

18 October, 2021 19:36
On October 18, head of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, lieutenant general Artak Davtyan received Thierry Ribo, head of the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the RA.

During the meeting the parties highly assessed the cooperation of the RA Armed Forces and International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia, outlined the further steps aimed at increasing the efficiency of cooperation, discussed the forthcoming joint programs and new directions of cooperation. Special attention was paid to the issues of organizing trainings on international humanitarian law in the RA Armed Forces, implementation of scientific-methodological exercises, deadlines were set.

Lieutenant general Artak Davtyan outlined the importance of the ICRC's role in clarifying the fate of missing servicemen, prisoners of war and civilians during the 44-day war in 2020. For his part, Thierry Ribo noted that the delegation is doing everything possible within its powers to resolve the issue.