‘Buy Georgian’
Georgia’s President and First Lady promote Georgian products
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Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili and the First Lady Maka Chichua are calling the society to support Georgian products and buy only locally made goods.
President and the First Lady joined the campaign ‘Buy Georgian’ yesterday in order to encourage the citizens of Georgia to choose Georgian products.
Within the ‘Buy Georgian’ campaign President and the First Lady bought some products at Avlabari market in the historic part of capital Tbilisi. Later they also shopped at ‘Imeri’ store where they bought some clothes made in the Kutaisi (Georgia’s western city) factory.
The First Lady Maka Chichua is choosing clothes made in Georgia. Photo by President's press office.
President Margvelashvili also joined another campaign that aimed to give the New Year presents to the socially vulnerable children.
Within this charity campaign children received traditional Georgian snack Churchkhela and an ancient holiday decoration Chichilaki from the President of Georgia.
"I am glad to have the opportunity to join these very right initiatives. Remember, by standing together, we will strengthen one another,” said Margvelashvili.
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