Ministry of Foreign Affairs spreads new information on the citizens affected by the disaster in the Adriatic Sea. Giorgi Tabatadze, Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the number of Georgians who were on the ship has been verified - five out of eight people were evacuated from the very beginning .Only one of the other three has been already identified, it is a clergyman Father Ilia. The Ministry is working to determine the identity of the the other two paseengers.
In addition, Giorgi Tabatadze suggested that the three passengers could be among the 70 passengers, who were evacuated from the ship last night.