Interior Ministry hosting exhibitions for Independence Day
Visitors have an opportunity to see the hardware used by the Border Police and the Emergency Management Department, with the equipment displayed on the central square of the city. Photo: MIA/Facebook.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has set up exhibition spaces and thematic stands in the historical capital of Mtskheta, outside Tbilisi, to mark the country’s Independence Day on Thursday.
Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Facebook
Visitors have an opportunity to see the hardware used by the Border Police and the Emergency Management Department, with the equipment displayed on the central square of the city.
Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Facebook
Border Police has also set up a simulated border and immigration checkpoint for citizens, where those interested in the topic can learn the process of passing through border control, the Ministry said.
Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Facebook
Public Safety Management Center 112 offers adults to participate in computer games created especially for them, using modern technologies, from which they will learn how to behave in an emergency situation. Winners will be awarded with special prizes.
Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Facebook
The body also said it was introducing visitors of the celebrations to reforms carried out over the years by the Ministry “in accordance to the European standards”.
As part of the celebrations, anthems of Georgia and the European Union are set to be performed at 5pm local time - marking the time when Noe Zhordania, the Chairman of the National Council, proclaimed Georgia’s independence on May 26, 1918.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday congratulated citizens of the country on Independence Day, praising the “supreme values of homeland and freedom” in an address dedicated to the date.
United States President Joe Biden on Thursday extended his congratulations of Georgia’s Independence Day to Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and citizens of the country.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday extended his congratulations to the Georgian people on the occasion of Independence Day and wished them “happiness, prosperity and peace.”
Foreign officials on Thursday sent their congratulatory messages to Georgian counterparts and citizens to mark the country’s Independence Day, with foreign ministers of Poland, Greece, Latvia, Bulgaria and Iran being among those who offered their messages of support.
The Georgian interior ministry has launched an information campaign aiming to raise awareness on public safety and the rule of law, particularly among the young generations, the interior ministry said on Thursday.