Korb: the ICRC is waiting for permission from the authorities of the DPR and LPR to continue

Elizabeth Isakov. The international Committee of the red cross is waiting for a response from the authorities DND AND LNR on accreditation, as long as the ICRC's activities in Eastern Ukraine at the time stopped, said the head of operations of the ICRC in the European Union And Central Asia Laurent Korba.

in July, the authorities DND announced the creation of the Republic Interdepartmental division on accreditation issues of humanitarian missions. According to the document regulating the activities of the division, all organizations delivering humanitarian assistance to the DNR are required to submit a message And receive accreditation by the DNR. Those organizations that did not, to have access to the site of the Republic will not.

"We decided to fulfill this requirement And send them your documents" - has told in conversation Last news of Korba.

However, According to his statement, until now the ICRC has no information, can you continue to work or not, the organization is placed in the wait state. Korb said that the mission cannot operate in the East of Ukraine since the end of July, it also provides plans for growth in the number of red cross workers in the Eastern parts of the country.

"I would have said that (with the current humanitarian stocks in warehouses - ed.) We can still make it for a couple months in Lugansk, But not more than a week or two in Donetsk. Need to replenish warehouses, And We are ready for it. We have all the equipment, trucks, However, as long as they are on the territories controlled by the government. But as soon as We settle administrative issues, We will immediately send to the Eastern regions of Ukraine ", - said Korb.


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