US embassy pays tribute to memory of Abkhazian conflict victims
In comments marking the 29th anniversary of the fall of regional capital Sokhumi in the conflict, the embassy in Tbilisi stressed the US maintained its “steadfast support” for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Photo: US Embassy Tbilisi
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The United States embassy to Georgia on Tuesday paid tribute to the memory of those who died during the 1992-1993 war in Georgia’s north-western region of Abkhazia, a territory currently occupied by Russia.
In comments marking the 29th anniversary of the fall of regional capital Sokhumi in the conflict, the embassy in Tbilisi stressed the US maintained its “steadfast support” for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“29 years after the fall of Sokhumi, the pain that followed the Russian-backed massacre is palpable. This is the pain that was left in the hearts of the loved ones of tens of thousands of victims, and the pain that hundreds of thousands of displaced people live with every day. We always see in their eyes that their home is so close and yet so far”, the statement of the diplomatic office said.
Earlier today Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili reiterated the importance of peaceful reintegration of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of Georgia.
Zhiuli Shartava, the first national hero of the independent Georgia, is being remembered today, 29 years after his death during the war in the country’s now-occupied region of Abkhazia.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday reiterated the importance of peaceful reintegration of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of Georgia in comments marking the 29th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi, the regional capital of the former, in the 1992-1993 conflict in the north-western region.
Today Georgia is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Abkhazia War, which ended with the territory becoming a breakaway region of Georgia and leaving hundreds of thousands displaced.
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.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday visited the Tbilisi memorial of those who died in conflicts for the territorial integrity of Georgia, as part of events marking the 29th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi, the capital of Georgia’s north-western region of Abkhazia, in the 1992-1993 war in the region currently occupied by Russia.
The Georgian foreign ministry on Tuesday said there was “no alternative” to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in the country, in remarks marking the 29th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi, the regional capital of the Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia, during the 1992-1993 conflict in the region.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday commemorated Zhiuli Shartava, the late first national hero of the independent Georgia, who would have turned 80 today.