Salome Zurabishvili: Let us honor this day with silence, sincerity, unity

The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili laid a wreath at the April 9 Memorial and paid tribute to the fallen heroes.

"Respect for the heroes of April 9 is not only expressed by laying tulips and coming here on this day. It is manifested in the fact that if we respect the spirit of April 9 - this is about unity, solidarity, a full awareness of what independence means. Please, let us honor this day with silence, solidarity, unity", - President said.

For the record, 32 years have passed since the tragedy of April 9, 1989. On the morning of April 9, 1989, Soviet troops raided a peaceful protest near the parliament building in central Tbilisi, resulting in casualties.