Georgia heightens security after Paris attacks
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Georgia has adopted tighter security measures following Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.
"Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, we have taken all security measures, including strengthening security measures at our borders and airports,” Deputy Head of the Administration of Georgia’s State Security Service Nino Giorgobiani said today.
"Also, there is tightened control over all strategic facilities.”
France declared a national state of emergency and tightened its borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris on November 13.
Georgian authorities condemned terrorism and said Georgia stood by France after the attacks, which they said were against "all of humanity".
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Georgian people and authorities are deeply saddened and shocked by last night’s terrorist attacks in Paris and are offering their sympathies to the French nation.
Two of Tbilisi’s most ionic monuments have been illuminated in blue, white and red in honour of the Paris terror victims.
Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and blaming human perversion on a religion is wrong, says head of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
People in Georgia have the opportunity to offer their sympathies to the French nation by signing a book of condolence as a tribute to those killed and affected by the bloody terrorist attacks in Paris.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili held a State Security and Crisis Management Council meeting today in the wake of the November 13 brutal terrorist attacks in France.