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Russian Foreign Ministry Urges to Speed Up Humanitarian Aid Convoy Inspection, Clearance

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov held a phone conversation with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer and urged to speed up inspection and clearance procedures of Russia’s humanitarian convoy on the border with Ukraine.

MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov held a phone conversation with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer and urged him to speed up inspection and clearance procedures of Russia’s humanitarian convoy on the border with Ukraine.

“The Russian side stressed the urgent need to speed up all the required procedures in order to deliver Russia’s humanitarian aid as soon as possible," Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued Saturday.

“It was stated that the ICRC representatives are in contact with Russian and Ukrainian border services. The technical issues linked to the convoy’s inspection and clearance are decided in the due course," the statement reads.

According to the ICRC, the border security and customs services from Russia and Ukraine are holding talks mediated by the representatives of the Red Cross. They are discussing the convoy’s passage and customs clearance procedures.

So far, Ukraine is refusing to recognize Russian convoy as humanitarian mission.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday, dismissing the allegations that Russia refused to cross the Ukrainian border through Kiev-controlled checkpoints, and that it is delaying the handover of detailed list of the cargo to the Red Cross.

Earlier this week, Russia sent a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine of 280 trucks carrying about 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid, with 400 tons of grain, 100 tons of sugar, 62 tons of baby food, 54 tons of medication, 12,000 sleeping bags and 69 mobile electrical generators.

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