Georgian PM pays tribute to victims of Abkhazia war after transfer of remains
The PM and officials joined a funeral service in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi for six civilians and 14 combatants. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government members on Thursday paid tribute to 20 individuals who had been missing since the 1990s war in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region and whose remains were transferred to Tbilisi.
The officials joined a funeral service in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the city for six civilians and 14 combatants whose remains have become the latest to be transferred in the ongoing process of searching for persons missing following the 1992-1993 conflict in the region and the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
The head of the Government offered his sympathy to families of the individuals at the service, the Government press office said.
With joint efforts of the Georgian Government and the International Committee of the Red Cross, remains of 604 persons missing following the conflicts have been found in search efforts since 2013, of which 265 have been identified, the press office added.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and members of the legislative body on Wednesday paid tribute to individuals who had been missing since the 1990s war in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region and whose remains were transferred to Tbilisi.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and representatives of the Government on Wednesday paid tribute to 20 heroes, whose remains were transferred from Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, at the public funeral held in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the members of his Government on Wednesday paid tribute to nine Georgian heroes who went missing during the 1992-93 armed conflict in Georgia’s Russia-occupied region of Abkhazia and whose remains had been transferred from the occupied region.
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 and Government members on Thursday paid tribute to 23 victims of the 1990s armed conflict in the now Russian-occupied Abkhazia region after their remains were transferred to Tbilisi on Wednesday.