From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/3/2005 5:16 PM Abkhazia celebrates the Liberation of Sokhum 28.09.2005 - 00:18:16
Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh and Prime Minister Aleksandr Ankvab met the same day with Musa Shanibov, who in the early 1990s headed the Confederation of Mountain People of the Caucasus that mobilized thousands of volunteers to fight on the Abkhaz side...
On September 27, 1993 the Georgian troops were forced out of the Abkhaz capital Sokhum.
In Sokhum, the anniversary is observed without a military parade as in previous years.
Three days later, on September 30, 1993 Georgian forces left the territory of Abkhazia entirely.
In Abkhazia this day is celebrated as the Liberation of Sokhum.
Abkhaz officials will also lay a wreath in the Park of Honor to commemorate Abkhaz soldiers who died in the conflict.
Later in the evening, an outdoor concert is scheduled in Sokhum, according to the Apsnypress news agency.
Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh and Prime Minister Aleksandr Ankvab met the same day with Musa Shanibov, who in the early 1990s headed the Confederation of Mountain People of the Caucasus that mobilized thousands of volunteers to fight on the Abkhaz side.
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