MP Gerashchenko thanks ICRC President Maurer for support for Ukrainian citizens

First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko has met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer and thanked him for the support for Ukrainian citizens and areas affected by the conflict.

Gerashchenko wrote this on her Facebook page

"I’ve met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer and thanked him for the ICRC's efforts for the support of citizens and areas affected by the conflict. Within the framework of the humanitarian subgroup in Minsk, Ukraine insists on involving the ICRC in the search for missing persons and release of the hostages," the Ukrainian First Vice Speaker wrote.

Gerashchenko noted that the Ukrainian side supported the ICRC’s initiative to create a mechanism for the search for the missing people and the additional mechanisms and instruments to protect the critical infrastructure.

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