On October 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during which they discussed the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), Russian Foreign Ministry’s website reports.
Lavrov and Maurer exchanged views on the crisis response in various regions of the world, including the situation in Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, the intra-Ukrainian zone, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. They expressed readiness to continue further effective cooperation in areas of mutual interest, and discussed ways to support ICRC’s activities.