President awarded Archil Tatunashvili with Order of Honor

16:40, 24.03.2018

Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili awarded Archil Tatunashvili, Georgian soldier who died in occupied Tskhinvali region, with Order of Honor. President made this statement at Mukhatgverdi Brothers’ Cemetery where Tatunashvili was buried with military honor.

Georgia’s President, governmental officials, politicians and ordinary citizens attended the funeral. Georgia’s Defense Ministry covered the burial expenses. Civil funeral was held at St. George Church in Tserovani village earlier this afternoon. The dead body was transferred to the church from Tatunashvili’s home village Tsilkani.

Tatunashvili’s body was handed over to the Georgian side at Ergneti checkpoint late on March 20. Members of Red Cross brought the body to the occupied line. Expertise of the body was conducted on March 20-21 at Levan Samkharauli National Forensic Bureau.

Archil Tatunashvili, Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili were detained by the occupational regime on February 22. Archil Tatunashvili died in the hospital in Tskhinvali on February 23. Heart attack was named as the reason of death.

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