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Mikhаil Saakashvili lights a candle of Hanukkah in Tbilisi

Other News Materials 3 December 2010 09:37 (UTC +04:00)
Georgian President Mikhаil Saakashvili was present at the hotel "Tbilisi Marriott" on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah last night after returning from the OSCE summit in Astana.
Mikhаil Saakashvili lights a candle of Hanukkah in Tbilisi

Georgia, Tbilisi, December 3 / Trend N. Kirtskhalia /

Georgian President Mikhаil Saakashvili was present at the hotel "Tbilisi Marriott" on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah last night after returning from the OSCE summit in Astana.

President came to celebrate Hanukkah accompanied by the Ambassador of Georgia in the U.S. Temur Yakobashvili in "Tbilisi Marriott". He lit a Hanukkah candle.

"The wonderful tradition that illuminates my own life's path, as this glorious feast illuminates the road not only for  me but for all of humanity. For us, the Georgian-Jewish culture is an inseparable part of national culture, which we are very proud and we want these relations not only interrupted, but intensified. I have repeatedly said to our large diaspora in Israel, that their home is their as well as here - stated Mikheil Saakashvili.

It should be noted that the appointment of Georgia's ambassador to the United States Temur Yakobashvili was welcomed by the Georgian experts, who say that Yakobashvili has great rapports with American Jewish.

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