The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stands ready to assist in the protection of the kindergarten of Aygepar village, in Armenia’s Tavush Region, from the shooting. 

ICRC delegate Matthias Weinreich told the aforesaid to reporters following his visits to Armenia’s border villages of Aygepar and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur.

To the query as to whether the ICRC has programs to protect the civilian population, Weinreich responded that there are such programs and that they had spoken with the prefect of Aygepar.

“We discussed the plan to build a protective wall. The wall is intended to protect the kindergarten building,” the Red Cross delegate noted stressing that the traces of shooting are visible on the walls of the building. 

In his words, the matter of the village providing the necessary building materials is discussed at present.  

“We hope that, with our help, the plan will be implemented in the near future,” Matthias Weinreich stated.

Similar projects on protection of civilians were carried out by ICRC on Azerbaijani side.