March 31, 2010 -- The President, Mr James A Michel, yesterday received at State House a three-member delegation from the Qatar Red Crescent Society.

The newly-elected vice-president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Mohammed Ben Ghanem, was at the head of the visiting delegation.

They were accompanied to State House by the president of the Red Cross Society of Seychelles (RCSS), Collette Servina, and IFRC's finance commission chairman Chrystold Chetty.

During the meeting with President Michel the team discussed Seychelles' preparedness to respond to disasters, the relationship between the RCSS and the IFRV and various aspects of international humanitarian law.