MOSCOW, July 1 -- The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed hope on Wednesday for sustained cooperation with Russia as she met with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, pledging that the organization would continue working to ease the humanitarian toll of the war in Ukraine on families on both sides of the conflict.

"I look forward to this discussion and our continued dialogue and cooperation to be able to continue to alleviate suffering as much as we can," ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said at the opening of the meeting with Lavrov, according to a statement released by the organization. She added that the ICRC would do everything in its power to help families suffering from conflict in both Russia a...