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APRIL 11, 2011 / 10:48 AM / 8 YEARS AGO
Red Cross opens office in Tripoli, eyes Misrata
Maria Golovnina
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The Red Cross said on Monday it was opening an office in Tripoli at the invitation of the Libyan government and would soon send a team to the besieged city of Misrata to help civilians trapped by the fighting.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is already deployed in Libya’s rebel-held eastern territory, where it has supplied hospitals, distributed food and visited government soldiers captured during the conflict.
Speaking in Tripoli alongside a Libyan government spokesman, the ICRC’s regional head Jean-Michel Monod said his team had been officially invited to Tripoli about 10 days ago.
“Now we will officially be here open for business,” he told reporters. “Of course it was high time as a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization that the ICRC would come here as well to conduct discussions with the authorities.”
Aid agencies have been trying to reach civilians in western Libya, including Misrata, where people face shortages of basic foodstuffs, medical supplies, water and electricity.
“I encourage all parties, all fighters to respect the very basic principles laid down in international humanitarian law,” he said.
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