First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Participates in Commemorative Event Honouring Dimitri Amilakhvari

The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Zurabashvili participated in an event commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Lieutenant Colonel Dimitri Amilakhvari, organised by the Embassy of France in Georgia.

Participants in the event, held in the city of Gori, paid tribute to the memory of the French national hero and Georgian officer of the French Foreign Legion, who sacrificed his life in the struggle for the freedom of France.

Addresses were delivered to the audience by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs George Zurabashvili, Deputy Chief of Mission of the French Republic Michaël   Boucault, Mayor of Gori Konstantine Buzaladze, and Dimitri Amilakhvari’s grandson, Constantin Kinsey.

In his address, George Zurabashvili spoke about relations between Georgia and France, highlighting the high-level strategic dialogue format established in 2019, which bears the name of Dimitri Amilakhvari.

The First Deputy Minister noted that the Dimitri Amilakhvari Georgian-French Dialogue places a special responsibility on Georgia and France to ensure that relations between the two countries are based on the principles of mutual respect, equality and partnership.

As part of the event, a book dedicated to Dimitri Amilakhvari was also presented.