Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Internally Displaced Persons Francis Deng will visit Chechnya and Ingushetia during his visit to Russia. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Monday at the UN information center in Moscow.
The purpose of the visit, which will last from Monday to Friday, is to study the situation with internally displaced persons in the North Caucasus.
In Moscow, Francis Deng will meet with Russian Minister Vladimir Zorin, Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov, Russian Presidential Envoy for Human Rights in Chechnya Abdul-Khakim Sultygov and heads of the Federal Migration Service.
During his trip to the North Caucasus, the representative of the UN Secretary General will visit places of internally displaced persons in Chechnya and Ingushetia, meet with the leadership of these republics.