Georgian President commemorates heroes of Russia-Georgia war, including employees of Poti Seaport
The president also commemorated the 38th anniversary of the birth of the late national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, a servicemember captured in the Russia-Georgia war and tortured and killed by Russian forces and troops of the de facto authorities of central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. Photo: President's press office.
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Thursday commemorated “all heroes” of the Russia-Georgia war in 2008, including the employees of Poti Seaport who had died in the war.
Zourabichvili paid tribute and laid a wreath at the memorial of the Poti Port employees, the President’s press office said.
I want us to remember all those who died for Georgia’s independence in 2008. These are the dates, which should not be forgotten”, Zourabichvili noted.
The president also commemorated the 38th anniversary of the birth of the late national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, a servicemember captured in the Russia-Georgia war and tortured and killed by Russian forces and troops of the de facto authorities of central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The mountaineering section of the General Mazniashvili Youth Legion, a public organisation offering basic military and camping courses to young people in Georgia, on Thursday paid its tribute to national hero Giorrgi Antsukhelidze by climbing the peak named after the late servicemember in the country’s north-east.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday commemorated the 38th anniversary of the birth of the late national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, a servicemember captured in the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 before being tortured and killed by Russian forces and troops of the de facto authorities of central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Children of Georgian soldiers killed or seriously injured in peacekeeping operations will benefit from tuition grants, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
The Georgian public on Monday marked fourteen years since the death of national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, a servicemember captured in the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 before being tortured and killed by Russian forces and troops of the de facto authorities of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
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