Rustavi-2 TV, Georgia
Jan 6 2013

Georgian president, premier congratulate Armenians on Christmas

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Prime Minister Bidzina
Ivanishvili have congratulated ethnic Armenians on Christmas, which
the Armenian Church celebrates on 6 January, Rustavi-2 channel
reported on the same day.

Saakashvili published an address on his official Facebook page in this
connection.

“I congratulate you on a beautiful holiday, which is celebrated by the
Apostolic Orthodox Armenian Church today, on 6 January. Diversity is
the basis, on which the strength of our country is based. Ethnic
Armenians living in Georgia make a significant contribution to the
construction and democratic development of the country,” the Georgian
Rustavi-2 TV station quoted the address.

Prime Minister Ivanishvili attended a liturgy at an Armenian church in
Tbilisi and congratulated the parish.

“I would first of all like to congratulate on the day, on Christmas
and Epiphany, our fraternal nation, Georgian Armenians and then all
Armenians around the world. I am very happy that I am celebrating this
day together with them today,” Ivanishvili said.

[Translated from Georgian]