Georgian PM, President attend solidarity concert marking 30 years of US-Georgia partnership

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and President Salome Zourabichvili, along with United States Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan, attended a solidarity concert marking the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries on Saturday evening.

US Ambassador Degnan and PM Garibashvili. Photo: Government's press office

The national anthems of the US and Ukraine were played at the concert, organised by the US Embassy and the American Culture Center and hosted at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre.

During her speech, President Zourabichvili recalled the words of Dean Acheson, the former US State Secretary, about the Georgian people:

You have been often conquered, but never subdued. You have been able throughout the ages to preserve your own national personality, and you have never lost the will to stand up for your human rights. We Americans admire you for this enduring spirit.”

70 years ago, State Secretary Dean Acheson said of Georgians, "You've been often conquered, but never subdued, been able throughout the ages to preserve your own national personality, and you've never lost the will to stand up for your human rights."

In there lays our friendship pic.twitter.com/MCgms21oeb

— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) March 26, 2022