Red Cross Says Its Experts Are Heading To South Ossetia
Wednesday August 20th, 2008 / 11h20
GENEVA (AFP)--Experts from from the International Committee for the Red Cross are heading into South Ossetia and should arrive by the early afternoon, said ICRC president Jakob Kellenberger Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had approved the presence of the Red Cross in the disputed Georgian territory, which is currently occupied by Russia troops, Kellenberger told reporters in Geneva. "We have indications that there are important needs in the region that still have to be addressed," he said. The first ICRC teams into South Ossetia will assess the needs of displaced people, the state of the medical facilities there and will try to restore contact between family members separated by the conflict, he added. "Finally, we want to visit all those captured or detained in connection with the conflict to assess their treatment and living conditions," he added. Kellenberger was speaking after spending three days in the region, during which he visited the Russian territory of North Ossetia, to where some South Ossetians fled when the fighting broke out. Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=17jN%2BY%2BLk7RqyXnxJNeFvw%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
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