(AGENPARL) - Roma, 8 Settembre 2023 - (AGENPARL) – ven 08 settembre 2023 ** China: ICRC President concludes official visit to China
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ICRC – News Release
08 September 2023
Geneva/Beijing (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), concluded a four-day visit to China on Thursday. 
President Spoljaric met with the President of China, Xi Jinping, who commended the humanitarian work carried out by the ICRC over the past 160 years. President Spoljaric acknowledged China’s growing role in humanitarian affairs globally, and the weight of China’s voice calling for the respect of international humanitarian law during armed conflicts. She expressed ICRC’s willingness to further deepen cooperation with China. 
President Spoljaric also met with Luo Zhaohui, Chairman of China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), Li Baodong, Secretary-General of Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA), and Chen Zhu, President of the Red Cross Society of China. They exchanged on a wide range of topics and fields of cooperation.
“Every time we reaffirm the requirements of the law of armed conflict, we at the same time reaffirm our common humanity,” she said in her remarks. “Seeing the equal worth of individuals and communities is foundational for peace. It is my hope and motivation that the body of law the ICRC is mandated to safeguard makes some contribution to this higher purpose.”
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