Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili congratulated the Italian people on Republic Day.

In her tweet, President Zourabichvili said: “Congratulations to the Italian people today. This year, Georgia and Italy celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations. Next week, I’ll be on a State Visit to Italy to reaffirm the thousands of years of close ties between our cultures, our peoples.”

Happy #FestadellaRepubblica 🇮🇹!

Congratulations to the Italian people today. This year, Georgia and Italy celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations. Next week, I’ll be on a State Visit to Italy to reaffirm the thousands of years of close ties between our cultures, our peoples.

— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) June 2, 2022

Speaker Papuashvili said Georgia and Italy celebrate “our shared European values including freedom, democracy, and our flourishing cultural ties.”

Congratulations to the people of🇮🇹on the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic!🇬🇪&🇮🇹celebrate our shared European values including freedom, democracy, & our flourishing cultural ties. Looking forward to strengthening ties between🇬🇪&🇮🇹! #FestaDellaRepubblica

— Shalva Papuashvili 🇬🇪 (@shpapuashvili) June 2, 2022

FM Darchiashvili wished the Italian people “every happiness and continued success.”

Heartfelt felicitations to my Italian counterpart @luigidimaio, as well as the government and people of 🇮🇹, as they celebrate Republic Day! I wish you every happiness and continued success!

— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) June 2, 2022

Festa della Repubblica is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, celebrated on 2 June each year. The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism.