Commemorative events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the start of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia were held in foreign offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the tragic events of those days were also remembered in friendly states, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“In Tiraspol, at the Memorial of Glory near the chapel of St. George the Victorious, a flower-laying ceremony was held in memory of those killed in the 2008 war. Official representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, representatives of the authorities of Pridnestrovie, residents of the city came to the rally-requiem,” the statement of the press service reads.
The head of the official representation of South Ossetia in Pridnestrovie, Vitaly Yankovsky, has noted that the Ossetian people appreciate and will never forget the support of the Pridnestrovians, who were among the first to provide assistance to South Ossetia in August 2008, and stressed that only together can genocide and aggression be resisted.
An action dedicated to the tragic date was also held in the city of Pesaro in Italy.
“In Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a prayer service was held for the peaceful citizens of South Ossetia who died as a result of the Georgian aggression, the defenders of Tskhinval, Ossetian and Russian servicemen of the peacekeeping forces, soldiers and officers of the Russian army, who at the cost of their lives defended South Ossetia from physical destruction,” the Foreign Ministry said .
Earlier it has been reported that a prayer service was held in Moscow in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for the civilians of South Ossetia who died as a result of the Georgian aggression. A commemorative event was also held at the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in Abkhazia.
