TOURINFO-YEREVAN- Digital billboards in Yerevan lit in the colors of the Georgian flag on Georgia’s Independence Day on May 26, 2020.
The initiative came from the Armenian Embassy in Georgia and Ambassador Ruben Sadoyan.
The Embassy of Armenia in Georgia has posted the following on its Facebook page:
“At the initiative of the Embassy of Armenia in Georgia and Ambassador Ruben Sadoyan, today, Georgia’s national holiday, the panels on the streets of Yerevan were lit with the colors of the Georgian national flag.
Happy Independence Day brotherly Georgia!”
The day marks the May 26, 1918 adoption of the Act of Independence, which established the Democratic Republic of Georgia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is the national day of Georgia.
On this day 102 years ago, Georgia gained independence from the Russian Empire, a part of which it had been since the early 19th century. On May 26, the National Council of Georgia adopted the Act of Independence that gave birth to the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Armenian President and Prime Minister have congratulated their counterparts on this occasion.
