Georgia, Tbilisi, April 10 / Trend , N.Kirtskhalia/
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili announced April 11 a day of mourning in Georgia in memory of the tragically deceased President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, the press secretary of Georgian President Manana Manjgaladze said to a briefing on April 10.
The plane of the Polish President has crashed in Smolensk while landing to a Russian airport Saturday, killing 97 people.
Manjgaladze said that the Georgian president has already signed a decree declaring Kaczynski national hero of Georgia.
"The president believes that it is difficult to overestimate the merits of the Polish president to Georgia, since in the international arena he defended the interests of Georgia, and during the Russian aggression was in Tbilisi at the moment when the Russian tanks came to Tbilisi," she said.
Saakashvili called Kaczynski Georgia's friend who always defended freedom.
"The president said that not only the Polish people, but the whole world lost Kaczynski, because in this world of practicality, he was an idealist and a fighter for high ideals," said the press secretary.
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