“I am sure that the oath took 100 years ago will be fulfilled and Georgia will be a strong and democratic state,” Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at Freedom Square after oath-taking ceremony.

According to Kvirikashvili, there are days and seconds in the life of a country that creates the future and decides the fate of the nation. “May 26 a hundred years ago was exactly this kind of day for Georgia. That day was the result of logical development of the nation’s history, eternal national energy and great efforts of many generations. I cannot but recall the historic role of the national liberation movement of the 60s in the 19th century. Georgian political and legal reasoning was step-by-step forwarding towards the establishment of the Georgian state. If not the people who laid the foundation for Georgia’s independence, if not the notable Georgian figures, if not the special role of the Georgian Church, if not the unified national consciousness, there would not be 26 May 1918 and or present Georgia,” – said the Prime Minister.

According to him, this year’s Independence Day is completely distinguished as the Georgian nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first democratic republic.

“To celebrate this great historical date, the descendants of the founders of the First Republic of Georgia are together with us. Welcome you to your homeland,” PM stated.