QRCS Attends CIS RCRC Meetings, Signs MoU With Red Crescent of Turkmenistan

An official delegation from Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has participated as observers in the International Meeting of the Chiefs of Red Cross and Red Crescent National (RCRC) Societies in the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, under the theme “International Year of Peace and Trust - Humanity and Neutrality”, The Caspian Post reports citing the Peninsula.

QRCS’s delegation comprised Eng Ibrahim Hashim Al-Sada, Vice-President, Mohamed Ahmed Al-Beshri, Assistant Secretary-General for Communication and Resource Development, and Dr. Aiham Ismail Al-Sukhni, Head of International Relations.

The two-day conference brought together leaders of the Red Crescent and Red Cross National Societies of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, along with representatives of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The meetings discussed key humanitarian challenges facing the Central Asia and MENA regions, including the impact of climate change, natural disasters, and armed conflicts; migration; and compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL).

Participants also addressed how to develop principled humanitarian action, promotion of humanitarian diplomacy, and the role of National Societies as humanitarian auxiliaries to their governments.