26 Nov 2018 10:54

UN, ICRC to discuss release of detainees in Syria at Astana meeting

ASTANA. Nov 26 (Interfax) - Representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will take part in the sixth meeting of the working group for the release of detainees and the transfer of bodies in Syria, according to Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov.

"Representatives of the UNHCR and the Red Cross will take part in the sixth meeting of the working group for the release of detainees, the transfer of bodies, and the search for missing persons," Smadiyarov told reporters in Astana on Monday.