Georgian President commemorates heroes of Russia-Georgia war, including employees of Poti Seaport

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.