The State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Mr. Paata Zakareishvili attended the funeral ceremony of Giga Otkhozoria, murdered in village Khurcha.
“I express my condolences to friends and family on tragic death of Giga Otkhozoria. What has happened in Khurcha is a horrible murder. It is enormous abuse of the Criminal Law. This is a serious challenge to peaceful policy the Georgian Government pursues for the last four years. We voice our strict and clear demand to punish the person, the murderer who is already identified. Obviously the murder was committed in a cynical and appalling way,” – Mr. Paata Zakareishvili declared.
According to the State Minister, the IPRM meeting will deal with the murder of Giga Otkhozoria on May 27 in Gali.
The Georgian side has conducted intensive meetings with the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and Co-chairs of Geneva International Discussions.
On 19 May at around 14.30 PM, in the vicinity of dividing line the armed person fired Giga Otkhozoria to death, the resident of village Barghebi, Gali district. Following the incident, emergency transported the injured person with multiple wounds to Zugdidi hospital, where he died.