Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili visited the fraternal cemetery in Mukhatgverdi on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the August war. She honored the memory of those who died in the war and commented to the media:

“If we want the independence for which faught the people, who are buried here, if we want a state, we must come to our senses. Let's decide what our common danger is, and together we will fight against a common enemy, and not against each other," - Salome Zurabishvili said.