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Red Cross chief says he plans to discuss POWs with Russian defence ministry

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool via REUTERS

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, said in Moscow on Thursday that he planned to discuss prisoners of war with the Russian Defence Ministry.

He also plans to discuss the Geneva Conventions, he told a news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Maurer is in Moscow for talks on the Ukraine conflict.

(Reporting by Reuters)

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