Salome Zurabishvili: The fire that destroyed the Sukhumi National Gallery is a tragedy for all of us - I call on the international community to restore attention to the protection of our cultural heritage in the occupied territories

The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, reacts to the fire that broke out in the gallery of Sukhumi in the occupied Abkhazia and calls on the international community to protect the cultural heritage of Georgia in the occupied territories.

"The fire that destroyed the Sukhumi National Gallery in occupied Abkhazia is a tragedy for all of us. I am sorry for what is a direct result of the neglect of cultural identity by both the de facto leadership and the Russian occupiers. I call on the international community to restore attention to the protection of our cultural heritage in the occupied territories," the president wrote in a post published on social network X.

To remind you, yesterday, the Abkhazian media reported that a fire broke out in the art gallery in Sukhumi, as a result of which more than 4000 works were destroyed.