Remains of five missing in Abkhazia war identified, memorial service to be held today
A total of 2,345 people are considered to be missing as a result of the armed conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 wars. Photo: ICRC Georgia.
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The remains of five missing individuals who went missing during the 1992-1993 armed conflicts in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia have been identified and a memorial service will be held today and tomorrow at Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Interpressnews (IPN) reports.
The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) informed IPN that the families of five missing individuals have already been notified about the identification, noting that the remains were exhumed during 2018-2020 excavations in Sokhumi (capital of Russian-occupied Abkhazia) and town Gagra under the leadership of the ICRC.
The Georgian state ministry of reconciliation and civil equality announced that out of five identified remains, two were military personnel and three - civilians. The funeral of one identified body with military honours will take place on August 14 at the Digomi Brothers Cemetery.
Head of the ICRC Delegation Severine Chappaz said that more involvement of all former parties of the armed conflict is required ‘to make the process of finding and identifying as well as supporting families more effective and sustainable,’ Chappaz said.
In 2010 two coordination mechanisms were established for the identification of missing people’s remains from the Abkhazia war and the 2008 August war. The remains of 589 people have been found so far, 211 of them were identified and handed over to families.
A total of 2,345 people are considered to be missing as a result of the armed conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 wars.
The remains of 13 individuals from the Abkhazia war were identified and laid to rest in late April 2021 through the cooperation of Georgia’s State Ministry for Reconciliation and ICRC.
The remains of five individuals who went missing during the 1992-93 armed conflict in Georgia’s Russia-occupied Abkhazia region have been identified and returned to their families.
The remains of 13 individuals who went missing during the 1992-93 armed conflict in Georgia’s Russia-occupied region of Abkhazia have been laid to rest. The bodies of six servicemen and seven civilians were identified through the cooperation of Georgia’s State Ministry for Reconciliation and the International Red Cross Committee.
The remains of 13 people who went missing during the 1992–93 armed conflict in Georgia’s Russia-occupied Abkhazia region have been identified and returned to their families. It was possible to identify the bodies of eight military servicemen and five civilians through the joint efforts of the Georgian State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The bodies of 23 people who went missing as a result of military conflicts in Georgia in the 1990s and in 2008 have been identified by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The bodies of 12 Georgians found in mass grave in Abkhazia, at Sokhumi’s Babushera Airport have been identified and returned to their loved ones for an honourable burial.
Today Georgia is commemorating the 29th anniversary of the Abkhazia War, which ended with the area becoming a breakaway region of Georgia and leaving hundreds of thousands displaced. In recognition of the date Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that 'historical justice will be restored and Georgia will definitely be united'.
The remains of eight individuals who went missing during the 1992-1993 military conflicts in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia have been identified and returned to their families, the Georgian State Ministry of Reconciliation and Civil Equality reports.
A session of the interagency commission for finding and transferring remains of persons missing following armed conflicts in Georgia was held on Thursday to discuss current challenges and future visions of identification in the process.