Civil funeral service of 13 people transferred from occupied Abkhazia underway at Trinity Cathedral

Civil funeral service of 13 people transferred from occupied Abkhazia is underway at the Trinity Cathedral.

14 people, who went missing as a result of the 1992-1993 armed conflict, have been identified, 13 of whom are Georgians and one Abkhazian.

The remains were exhumed in 2017-2019 during excavations led by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sokhumi, Ochamchire, Gulrifshi and Gagra. This mechanism, in which Abkhaz and Georgian participants are involved, is of a purely humanitarian nature and operates on behalf of the families of the missing.

The first identification and transfer of bodies of persons who went missing during the hostilities of 1990s and August 2008 war took place in 2013. To date, 583 human remains have been found, of which 206 have been identified.