The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has hosted a Forum Dedicated to Diaspora Day – "Diaspora for the Homeland: Tradition, Unity, Development"
The event was officially opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maka Bochorishvili. Remarks were also delivered by the President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, the Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne, Metropolitan Shio of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Diaspora and Caucasus Affairs, Irakli Zarkua.