PM lays a wreath at a memorial of heroes fallen in fight for Georgia’s territorial integrity 
PM lays a wreath at a memorial of heroes fallen in fight for Georgia’s territorial integrity 

To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili laid a wreath at the memorial of the heroes fallen in the fight for Georgia’s territorial integrity.

The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Tbilisi Mayor and Members of the Government.

Today, Georgia commemorates the 30th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi, occupied Abkhazia region.

The military confrontation in Abkhazia lasted 13 months and 13 days and ended on September 27, 1993, with the fall of Sokhumi and the defeat of the Georgian Armed Forces.

The war left over 10,000 Georgian soldiers and civilians killed and 300,000 people internally displaced.