EU Ambassador: Georgian man’s death in occupied Abkhazia ‘tragic’
A 29-year-old Georgian citizen, Irakli Kvaratskhelia, died in unclear circumstances in occupied Abkhazia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell is saddened by the death of Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskhelia, who died in unclear circumstances in occupied Abkhazia earlier this week.
The Ambassador joined others in expressing his condolences to the family of the 29-year-old man.
While the European Union welcomes the speedy handover of his body, it is important now for the Russian Federation to provide all necessary evidence to Georgian authorities regarding the circumstances of his death”, Ambassador Hartzell said.
The EU Ambassador underscored that Kvaratskhkelia’s death is “yet another tragic reminder of the hardships that are imposed on people on both sides of the dividing lines as a consequence of the conflicts and of the Russian military presence”.
Irakli Kvaratskhelia will be laid to rest later today.
The de facto authorities of Abkhazia claimed the young man, who was detained for “illegally crossing” the so-called border, hung himself at the Nabakevi military base.
A post-mortem examination carried out in Tbilisi revealed the man suffered damage to the throat, but further laboratory studies should say whether it was inflicted when he was alive or appeared after death.
British Embassy to Georgia is saddened by the death of 29-year-old Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskhelia, who died in unclear circumstances in occupied Abkhazia earlier this week. Ambassador Justin McKenzie Smith shared a photo of him standing in front of a barbed wire fence, saying “South Ossetia. Abkhazia. Not forgotten”.
A post-mortem examination lasting longer than five hours was carried out earlier today to clarify the reasons behind the death of 29-year-old Irakli Kvaratskhelia while in illegal detention in the Georgian occupied Abkhazia region on March 10.
The body of 29-year-old Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskhelia, who died in unclear circumstances in occupied Abkhazia, has been handed over to his relatives on Tbilisi-controlled territory. News of Kvaratskhelia’s death was reported yesterday, however sources fix his death at an earlier date.
Co-chairs of the Geneva Internal Discussions from the EU, UN and EU, dealing with Georgian conflict issues, are in the Russian occupied Abkhazia region of Georgia to discuss the details of the recent death of Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskhelia in the region.
Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius says that the death of Georgian citizen, 29-year-old Irakli Kvaratskhelia in unclear circumstances in Georgia’s occupied region of Abkhazia on March 10 should be promptly investigated.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze says that all international organisations have been involved and the government will clarify all details and conditions surrounding the death of 29-year-old Georgian man Irakli Kvaratskhelia, who was found hung in an interrogation room in Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region on March 10.
A 24-year-old man from Georgia’s Russia-occupied town of Gagra committed suicide on September 14 in a pre-trial facility, reports Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe.