Georgian President awards diplomatic missions in Ukraine with Medal of Honour

The prestigious state award was bestowed on the staff of the Embassy in Kyiv, the Consulate General in Odesa and the Honorary Consulate in Lviv.Photo: President's press office.

Agenda.ge, 27 May 2022 - 17:52, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Friday awarded the country’s diplomatic missions in Ukraine with the Medal of Honour for “high professionalism, work and loyal service” in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of the country.

The prestigious state award was bestowed on the staff of the Embassy in Kyiv, the Consulate General in Odesa and the Honorary Consulate in Lviv.

Accepting the titles at a ceremony at the Presidential Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi, Ambassador Giorgi Zakarashvili said the awards were a “great honour and responsibility for all of us who represent Georgia in Ukraine,” adding they “belong to each employee” of the diplomatic offices.

Zakarashvili said “from the first day” of the Russian invasion, “every representative” of the offices “showed courage and unity and did everything to help Georgian citizens” in the country.