Georgian PM declares Monday mourning day to honour victims of landslide in western Shovi resort
The flags will be at half mast in Georgia from 00:00 on August 7 to 00:00 on August 8. Photo via Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday signed a decree declaring Monday as a day of mourning to honour the victims of a landslide that hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort, killing at least 11 people on Thursday.
The flags will be at half mast in Georgia from 00:00 on August 7 to 00:00 on August 8, the Government Administration said.
In addition, flags will be lowered from 00:00 on August 8 to 00:00 on August 9 as a sign of honouring those who died during Russia’s large-scale military intervention in Georgia for the illegal occupation of the country’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.
Georgian Defence Forces on Friday said its units had departed to join the ongoing search and rescue operations in the western municipality of Oni to find remaining survivors after a landslide killed at least 11 in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Friday called on the public to “unite and overcome the tragedy together”, following a landslide that hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort on Thursday and killed at least 11 people.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said his Government had decided to declare Monday as a day of mourning following a landslide that hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort, killing at least seven people on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday met staff of rescue services working in the western municipality of Oni to find remaining survivors after a landslide killed six in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Saturday said the disaster relief works in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide killed at least 11 in the Shovi resort on Thursday “continued intensively”, including clearing and restoration works.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Saturday said the rescuers had found the 16th body during the search and rescue operations in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide hit Shovi resort on Thursday.
Foreign dignitaries have sent their condolences to Georgia after a landslide disaster hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort on Thursday, killing at least 18.