Lithuania officially legalises ‘Sakartvelo’ as a name of Georgia

In the Georgian language, the official name of Lithuania has been Lietuva instead of Litva since May 24, 2018. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 11 Jan 2021 - 18:27, Tbilisi,Georgia

Lithuania has officially legalised Sakartvelo as the proper name of Georgia.

On December 21, state documents began using Sakartvelo, instead of the former Gruzija.