The remains of 12 individuals who went missing during the 1992-1993 armed conflict in Abkhazia have been identified and returned to their families in the latest phase of the long-running efforts.

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross Georgia, the identification of bodies had been made possible as part of the humanitarian coordination mechanism on persons unaccounted for in connection with the events of armed conflict and after, involving Abkhaz and Georgian participants and operating with the ICRC’s support since 2010.

The repatriation of the missing from the occupied Abkhazia region is carried out with the joint cooperation of the Office of the State Minister and the International Committee of the Red Cross.