Georgian President’s Bastille Day congratulations call holiday “source of inspiration for freedom”
In her social media post, the President hailed the day as a “source of inspiration for all nations and countries that strive for freedom and Europe”. Photo: President’s press office
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Georgia’s French-born President Salome Zourabichvili on Friday extended her well-wishes to the French people on their national holiday of Bastille Day by calling it a “source of inspiration for freedom”
In her social media post, the President hailed the day as a “source of inspiration for all nations and countries that strive for freedom and Europe”.
Mes sincères félicitations à la #RépubliqueFrançaise ???????? pour cette fête du #14juillet! Cette journée est un symbole de la lutte pour la liberté et l'égalité et une source d'inspiration pour toutes les nations et tous les pays qui aspirent à la liberté et à l’Europe
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) July 14, 2023
This day is a symbol of the struggle for freedom and equality”, Zourabichvili added.
The date marks a pivotal date of the French Revolution in 1789, when citizens stormed the Bastille fortress, a symbol of the harsh rule of the country’s monarchy that had been used to detain prisoners.