Remains of 11 Abkhazia War Victims Returned to Families
The remains of eleven people who went missing in connection with the 1992–1993 war in Abkhazia were recovered, identified and handed over to their families, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on May 18.
“This was made possible under the humanitarian mandate of the Coordination Mechanism on Persons Unaccounted For in Connection with the Events of the 1992–1993 Armed Conflict and After, which has operated with the ICRC’s support since 2010 and involves Abkhaz and Georgian participants,” the ICRC said.
According to the ICRC, a meeting was held at the Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau (NFB), where the families of the missing people met with representatives from the Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, the NFB and the ICRC, and received information about the process of the search and recovery of of remains and identification of their loved ones.
The civil funeral service for the eleven people, including nine civilians and two military officers, was held at Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral. Georgian Dream-elected President Mikheil Kavelashvili and State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equity Tea Akhvlediani paid their respects. Akhvlediani’s office said the individuals would be buried with honors in family cemeteries across Georgia.
According to the state minister’s office, the first identifications and repatriations of those missing in connection with the 1992–1993 Abkhazia war and the August 2008 war were carried out in 2013. “Since then, the remains of 740 people have been found, of whom 334 have been identified. Around 1,900 people are still considered missing.”
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