IRCS and Yerevan Municipality to Launch Joint Medical Center

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the Municipality of Yerevan have agreed to set up a joint clinic and collaborate on the production of artificial limb prostheses.

The IRCS head, Pirhossein Kolivand, and the head of the Municipality of Yerevan's foreign relations department, David Gevorgyan, met in Tehran on Wednesday, The Caspian Post reports citing Iranian media.

During the meeting, Gevorgyan called on the IRCS to finalize the plan for the construction of the medical center so they can start launching the project in cooperation with the Armenian Red Cross Society, the IRCS website reported.

Lauding the IRCS measures, the official said Armenians will never forget the IRCS's help and support in the 1998 earthquake that hit the country. Referring to the conflicts and the humanitarian measures in the Middle East, Gevorgyan highlighted the IRCS's key role in providing humanitarian assistance and delivering humanitarian aid in the region.

Kolivand, for his part, expounded on the high capacities of the IRCS, noting that the IRCS is known as one of the five prominent red crescent societies in the world. The official voiced readiness to establish the joint medical center to produce prostheses and Iranian medicines.