“As expected, this tragic event in Georgia became just another reason for whipping up hysteria and a subject for political speculation. Both the official Georgian authorities and their political opponents are concerned not with the fact of the death of people, but with the opportunity to demonstrate their feigned patriotism and once again attack Russia with absolutely groundless accusations, ” the RA Foreign Ministry said.

The Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia considers "any attempts by Tbilisi to politicize what happened and earn cheap political dividends from the tragic loss of life" absolutely inappropriate.

The circumstances of this incident are being investigated by law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia calls on residents of the border regions of the Republic of Abkhazia to cross the state border at the established checkpoints.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia expresses sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

According to the press service of the RA Prosecutor General's Office, on April 6, 2021 Gvalia Yelgudzha Gulikovich, born in 1974, Gamisonia Makvala Otarievna, born in 1981, Tsatava Tamuna Revazovna, born in 1991, and Baslandze Tamazi Vladimirovich, born in 1959 (all are natives of Gal region of the Abkhaz ASSR, residents of the village Tsarcha, Tkuarchal region) without valid documents for the right to leave Abkhazia and enter Abkhazia, as well as without the proper permission of the competent authorities of the Republic of Abkhazia, bypassing the border and customs posts, illegally ford the state border along the Ingur River. Due to the high water level in the river, all four could not cope with the current and drowned. Their bodies were washed ashore by the current near the village of Shamgon in Zugdidi region of the Republic of Georgia.