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ICRC chief, Russia discuss need to protect Ukraine civilians
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer shake hands at the end of a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on March 24, 2022. (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP)
MOSCOW — The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross says he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the need to protect civilians during Moscow’s operations in Ukraine.
“We certainly also discussed the international humanitarian law and provisions of the Geneva Convention in regard to conduct of hostilities… that civilians must be protected,” Peter Maurer says at a joint press conference with Lavrov.
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