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Red Cross head presses Myanmar junta for more aid access

ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric’s five-day visit included a trip to Rakhine State, where she said she witnessed “dire humanitarian needs”

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The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has pressed Myanmar’s junta chief for greater humanitarian access to conflict-hit areas of the country during a rare face-to-face meeting, the organisation said on Tuesday.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021, sparking armed uprisings across the country.

ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric met top general Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw on Monday, the ICRC said in a statement.

During the meeting she “advocated for greater access to conflict-affected areas,” it said, without giving details.

Spoljaric also visited western Rakhine State during her September 5-9 visit and saw the “dire humanitarian needs” there, according to an ICRC statement.

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