Veterans of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia, Speaker of the People’s Assembly Valeriy Kvarchiya, Head of the Administration of the President Alkhas Kvitsiniya, First Deputy Prime Minister Beslan Dzhopua, Head of the Administration of Sukhum Beslan Eshba, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Abkhazia Aleksey Dvinyanin, government officials and the public also participated in the ceremony.