SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS OF WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ

17 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6527

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS OF WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ

19980417 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with great satisfaction that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq have exchanged a large number of prisoners of war. He hopes that this will contribute to a further easing of tension in the region and that the situation of any remaining prisoners of war will very soon be resolved. The Secretary-General takes this opportunity to commend the humanitarian role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in facilitating this important matter.

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