Almost 500 soldiers join Georgian Armed Forces on Independence Day
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489 recruits have made an oath to serve Georgia today at six different places including Tbilisi, Shindisi, Vardzia, Kojori, Batumi and Kutaisi.
The recruits were officially welcomed by the President of Georgia into the country’s armed forces.
"The sustainability of our nation makes it clear that Georgia is on the way to victory and will only move towards victory from now on,” President Margvelashvili said while addressing the soldiers and wider society at Freedom Square.
One of the military units at Freedom Square was presented in uniforms and equipment of first democratic republic soldiers revived with the help of researchers.
"Veterans of Armed Forces, soldiers wounded during international missions are also attending today’s ceremony. I would like to express my special appreciation to them. I bow to the people who sacrificed their lives for Georgia. Georgia will never forget their names,” Defense Minister Levan Izoria said, adding that considering the Russian occupation, the Georgian people see the country’s future in Euro-Atlantic integration.
The ceremony was accompanied by orchestra from Lithuania and the Chorus of Tbilisi State opera.
Georgian Soprano Nino Machaidze has performed the National Anthem at the oath-taking ceremony in Tbilisi which was attended by children from villages near the Administrative Boundary Lines in Abkhazia and South Ossetia currently occupied by Russia.
"Today, when two regions of Georgia are occupied, support from our friend and partner countries has great significance and I want to express my gratitude to all of them for help. This gratitude especially goes to our major strategic partner the US, the scale of cooperation with whom is becoming unprecedented. We all together, through the way of peace and reconciliation, restoring the confidence of our Ossetian and Abkhazian brothers will reach our coveted goal to live with them in a united Georgia,” PM Kvirikashvili added.
The Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Finland, Slovakia, and Armenia as well as the President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker have attended the oath-taking ceremony and greeted the Georgian people on Independence Day.
Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his speech at Freedom Square in Tbilisi today during a ceremony dedicated to the 100th anniversary celebration of the first democratic republic of Georgia. Standing in front of the Georgian soldiers he thanked Georgia for its ‘invaluable role’ in EU peace-keeping operations, serving noble causes.
The French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a letter to his Georgian counterpart to express his kind wishes on the 100th anniversary from the creation of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Georgian Independence Day is being celebrated all around the country with a variety of events as today is the 100th anniversary since the creation of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The Presidents of Armenia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland and Slovakia have delivered speeches in central Tbilisi, together with Georgian top officials, dedicated to the 100th anniversary since the creation of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The Georgian government has hosted a round table named "Cooperation for welfare – strategy for the next century" which was attended by the presidents of six countries and the President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
The US Congress has initiated a resolution dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has visited Didgori Valley today where locals are celebrating the anniversary of Didgori Battle between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Great Seljuk Empire in Didgori, near Tbilisi on August 12, 1121.
A car accident on Vaziani military base has claimed the life of one soldier and injured two others. The injured have been sent to a military hospital in Gori and an investigation into the incident launched.
A car accident on Vaziani military base has claimed the life of one soldier and injured two others. The injured have been sent to a military hospital in Gori and an investigation into the incident launched.