Defence Minister hosts children of fallen servicemembers in holiday season event
Burchuladze and Major General Zaza Chkhaidze, the Deputy Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, gave presents to the children hosted in the event. Photo: MOD of Georgia
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Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Wednesday extended holiday season greetings to children of the country’s servicemembers who have died in service during conflicts or peacekeeping missions, in an event hosted by the Ministry.
The New Year's Eve event invited children of personnel who died on duty, including in action during the 2008 war with Russia and in service during international peacekeeping missions, the Ministry said.
Burchuladze and Major General Zaza Chkhaidze, the Deputy Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, gave presents to the children hosted in the event.
The visitors were also treated to a concert in the ArmyHall venue, where the Ministry’s military orchestra performed New Year's Eve music for the audience.
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.
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 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.