LEPL Levan Samkharauli National Forensic Bureau has identified remains of 13 persons gone missing during the armed conflict in Abkhazia in 1992-1993.
Georgian soldiers will be buried with military funeral honors on 15 August, 2020.
Within the frameworkof the agreement between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRS) and the Bureau, in order to identify persons gone missing during the war of Abkhazia and armed conflict of Tskhinvali, 3780 DNA samples have been taken from family members of persons gone missing. Out of this, 3389 samples have been genotyped for further identification of the deceased.
Along with the Department of Forensic Biology, the Department of Forensic Medical Examination is involved in the identification process of persons who have gone missing. Forensic medical experts of the Bureau participate in the process of exhumation as well as laboratory analysis.
Since 2014, with joint efforts of Levan Samkharauli National Forensic Bureau, The Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality and The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the remains of 191 soldiers fallen in the conflicts in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali have been identified and handed over to their families.
The process of identifying the soldiers fallen in Abkhazia is under way and the Bureau will remain actively involved until its completion.
Bureau conveys condolences to the families of deceased soldiers and honors the memory of the fallen heroes.