14-02-2013 News Release 13/25
Geneva/Bogota (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, today concluded a four-day visit to Colombia, the site of the ICRC's largest humanitarian operation in the Americas.
Mr Maurer had meetings with the Colombian president and vice-president, with the ministers of foreign affairs, defence and justice, and with the high commissioner for peace, among others. He also visited remote areas of the Putumayo region to see the impact that armed violence continues to have on local people.