PM: “peace, mutual respect and dialogue” policy will bring Georgia closer to “Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers”
“Today Georgia is commemorating the 30th anniversary since the beginning of the Abkhazia War. The most dramatic event of our recent history, the conflict between brothers, brought unjustified destruction, displaced hundreds of thousands of people in their own homeland, and the saddest thing is that it cost the lives of many of our fellow citizens - soldiers and civilians - on both sides”, said Garibashvili in his statement. Photo: Government Administration.
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Georgia’s policy focused on “peace, mutual respect and dialogue” will bring the country “closer to the day” when we continue to build a “united, strong, peaceful, democratic state” along with “Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers”, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Sunday in connection with the 30th anniversary of the Abkhazia War, which ended with the territory becoming a breakaway region of Georgia and leaving hundreds of thousands displaced.
Today Georgia is commemorating the 30th anniversary since the beginning of the Abkhazia War. The most dramatic event of our recent history, the conflict between brothers, brought unjustified destruction, displaced hundreds of thousands of people in their own homeland, and the saddest thing is that it cost the lives of many of our fellow citizens - soldiers and civilians - on both sides”, said Garibashvili in his statement.
The Abkhaz war began on August 14 and lasted for 13 months and 13 days, ending with the loss of the capital of Abkhazia, Sokhumi, on September 27, 1993, which was preceded by negotiations between Georgia and Abkhazia with the mediation of Russia, signing the Sochi agreement. But Abkhaz forces violated it and opened fire while Georgian troops were withdrawing from the region.