Deputy Head of the Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Davit Bitskinashvili, Director of the Coast Guard Department Yuri Pirtskhalaishvili and employees of the Coast Guard Department honored the memory of the Sailors who died in the August 2008 War at the Poti Base of the Coast Guard. They laid a wreath at the memorial, after which they threw the wreath into the sea.
In August 2008, during the Russian - Georgian War, 5 Naval Servicemen of the Maritime Forces - Leitentant Theimuraz Chitadze, Petty Officer Third Class - Zviad Barbakadze, Giorgi Gvinjilia, Zviad Datuashvili and Temur Pichkhaia, were killed at the Poti Base.
The Ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Poti, the Deputy Chairman of the City Council and family members of the Sailors who died in the August 2008 war.
