“Thetimeswillcomewhenthescrapsofthebarbedwireswillbecomeanexhibitofyourmuseum.”TheStateMinisterof Georgia forReconciliationandCivicEquality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili made this statementattheopeningofthe "August 2008 WarMuseum" in the village of Ergneti, close to occupied Tskhinvali Region.

August 8 is one of the most tragic days in the recent history of Georgia. In August 2008, Russia openly, with military armament, aggression and vast jump over the Caucasian Mountain Range where Georgian-Russian border lays, intruded into the depth of the Georgian territory.

The First Deputy State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Mr. Petre Kankava visited photo exhibition, reflecting the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. The exhibition opened in the Parliament of Georgia.

Ketevan Tsikhelashvili met with the experts that are working on the conflict resolution issues and representatives of the NGOs and summed up the results of one-year work on the post of the State Minister.

The First Deputy State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Mr. Petre Kankava met with teachers of Pankisi Gorge School within the framework of the seminar "NATO - Choice for Peaceful and Stable Development".

The First Deputy State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Mr. Petre Kankava attended the sitting of the Committee on Sport and Youth Affairs in Gori.

The First Deputy State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Mr. Petre Kankava attended the sitting of the Committee on Sport and Youth Affairs in Gori.

The First Deputy State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Mr. Petre Kankava attended the sitting of the Committee on Sport and Youth Affairs in Gori.

Within the framework of the International Conference "European Path of Georgia", taking place in Batumi, the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili held bilateral meetings with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Georgia Jan Kelly, the Director of the European External Action Service for Eastern Partnership countries, Central Asia , Russia and the OSCE by Luc Devin and the Director General for Political and Security Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Italy Guido de Sanctis.