PM pays tribute to “heroes” fallen in 2008 war with Russia, hails “exemplary heroism”
The head of the Government stressed the Georgian military had defended the country "with dignity", sacrificing themselves and saving the lives of fellow citizens. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday laid wreaths at the memorial for the servicemembers killed in the 2008 war with Russia and reiterated the country and its citizens had experienced “greatest tragedy” in the conflict.
[W]e went through the greatest tragedy during the August War, we lost many people, our fellow citizens, heroes, [with] our military show[ing] us truly exemplary heroism, dedication [and] self-sacrifice”, Garibashvili said in his remarks over the 14th anniversary of the Russian invasion that sparked the five-day war between the two states in 2008 and the ongoing Russian occupation of two Georgian regions.
The head of the Government stressed the Georgian military had defended the country "with dignity", sacrificing themselves and saving the lives of fellow citizens.
"Once again, I bow before their memory and I want to wish our country peace and the unification”, said Garibashvili, who met family members of the fallen soldiers at the Mukhatgverdi Fraternal Cemetery outside Tbilisi as part of events marking the date.
Javier Colomina, the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, on Monday called on Russia to meet its international obligations and commitments and withdraw its forces from Georgia’s occupied regions.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said the Georgian Government was continuing its peaceful efforts to end the Russian occupation and “rebuild bridges” with Abkhaz and Ossetian compatriots.
Streets in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will be named after national heroes of the country and those killed in the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, Tbilisi City Council Head Giorgi Tkemaladze announced on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said the Government would “do its best” to ensure "peace, stability and development" of the country's economy.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday criticised the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili for transferring “strategic facilities” to Russian state-run enterprises and unilaterally cancelling visa requirements for Russian citizens “a few months” after the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said Russia's aggression against Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine in 2014 and again this year were “part of one, large-scale aggression”, in comments on the 14th anniversary of 2008 conflict.
The Georgian Government has chosen a “peaceful, prudent” policy as the way to restore territorial integrity and unify the country and believes it will definitely achieve the goal, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday in connection with the 14th anniversary of the Russian invasion that sparked the five-day war between the two states in 2008 and the ongoing Russian occupation of two Georgian regions.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who lost their lives in an unequal engagement with Russian forces in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the 2008 war between the two states by saying “our future generation grows up on the story of Shindisi’s heroes”.