Authorized international Department of the red cross next week will start to work of the contact group on settling the situation in the Donbass, said the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on peaceful settlement in the East Irina Gerashchenko.

"The next meeting will be attached in the form of expert Authorized international Department of the red cross ", - quotes the expression Gerashchenko Ukrainian.

She clarified that the Commissioners of the Department will also participate in the search and identification of missing persons and to assist in the control and the legitimate transfer of aid from international humanitarian missions.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand people.


the international Committee of the red cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization operating in the world. The task of the ICRC is assisting the wounded, sick and prisoners of war during armed conflict, assistance to victims of natural disasters. Basic principles - humanity, impartiality, voluntary service, unity and universality.

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