In observance of the day of mourning, state flags across the entire territory of Georgia were lowered

In observance of the day of mourning, state flags across the entire territory of Georgia were lowered.

This included the lowering of state flags on the Parliament building, the Government Administration of Georgia, as well as on the administrative buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, and military units.

By the decision of the Georgian government, January 9 was declared a day of mourning in honor of the victims of the fire in the village of Saberio, located in the Gali district of the occupied Abkhazia region. The fire claimed the lives of five children in Saberio.