The Head of the Official Mission of South Ossetia in Transnistria, Vitaly Yankovsky, took part in the memorial event organized in Tiraspol by the Official Mission of Abkhazia in Transnistria on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the beginning of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia in 1992-1993.
Prayers services for all the fallen defenders and civilians of Abkhazia were held in the churches of Tskhinval, the press service of the Alania diocese reports.
On Thursday, August 14, Abkhazia is marking the Day of Beginning of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia in 1992-1993.
As noted by the diocese, the services were attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Abkhazia to South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev.
The date of August 14 in Abkhazia is forever inscribed in the history of the republic as the day of the beginning of the Patriotic War of the Abkhaz people of 1992-1993. This was noted by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev in his telegram to the head of Abkhazia Badra Gunba with words of support on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the Fatherland.
