Georgian Defence Minister pays tribute to fallen servicemembers on Commemoration Day
The Minister also congratulated Orthodox followers among the families with the Easter holiday.Photo: Defence Ministry.
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Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Monday paid a tribute to the memory of fallen servicemembers to mark Day of Commemoration of the Dead, a holiday for Orthodox Christian followers.
Burchuladze, Major General Giorgi Matiashvili, the Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, and their deputies marked the date at the Mukhatgverdi Brothers' Cemetery in Tbilisi, the Ministry said.
"There is not a single case when we do not take the problems and wishes [of families of the fallen servicemembers] close to our hearts, and we always stand by them", Burchuladze said in comments.
The Minister also congratulated Orthodox followers among the families with the Easter holiday.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, said on Thursday the “deeds and heroism” of Georgian servicemembers killed in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war placed a “big responsibility” on the Government to ensure peaceful development of the country, in comments commemorating the anniversary of a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village during the conflict where a group of Georgian soldiers heroically lost their lives in an unequal engagement with the invading forces.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who heroically lost their lives during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war in a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village.In his comments, Garibashvili said the Shindisi Battle was “one of the most impressive and outstanding battles in modern Georgian history”.
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.
Georgia’s Defence Ministry and servicemembers of the Defence Forces on Saturday paid tribute to those who died in the 1993 Battle of Tamishi during the war in Georgia’s northeastern region of Abkhazia.