ArmInfo.RA Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan met with newly appointed head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia Thierry Ribot and Claire Meytraud, who is completing her mission. The press service of the Defense Ministry reports.
The Minister of Defense noted that the Armenian side attaches great importance to the mediation of the delegation of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the search for the bodies of servicemen who died during the hostilities on the line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, missing persons and wounded. Harutyunyan once again emphasized the assistance provided by the representatives of the ICRC delegation during the search for missing servicemen and civilians in the southern and southeastern parts of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani front, carried out with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers.
In turn, the head of the Yerevan office of the ICRC assured that the delegation, within the framework of its powers, will continue to fulfill the mediating mission in the direction of organizing the mentioned process. Vagharshak Harutyunyan highly appreciated the activities of Mrs. Meytraud during her tenure and wished the newly appointed head of the delegation Thierry Ribot fruitful work.