The 30th of April is a day of Georgian Defense Forces. President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili, Defense Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Chief of Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimer Chachibia congratulated the military servicemen on the 29th anniversary via VTC from the Command Center.  

The 30th of April is Georgian Defense Forces Day. Related to this day Defense Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia, President Salome Zourabichvili, Chairman of Georgian Parliament Archil Talakvadze and Chief of Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimer Chachibaia laid flowers at the memorial of Georgian heroes fallen for Georgia’s territorial integrity and honored their memory at the Heroes’ Square.  

In connection with the enactment of strict quarantine restrictions in the municipality of Tetritskaro, Georgian Defense Forces arranged several additional checkpoints.

Tengiz Tsertsvadze, General Director of Tbilisi Infectious Diseases Hospital visited Giorgi Abramishvili Military Hospital of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. 

Strict restrictions on movement are controlled by the Defence Forces along with law enforcement officers. As part of preventive measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the area of ​​activity of the Western Command of the Defence Forces in Imereti region increased even more.  

Certain media have spread inaccurate information, in order to mislead the society. We would like to inform public and clarify that the decision to order the wristwatches was made in 2019, much earlier than the outbreak of Coronavirus Pandemic.  

For the last few days, various media outlets have been spreading disinformation and in order to provide information for the public, we would like to clarify:  

The Military Police representatives of Ministry of Defence delivered the Holy Fire descended from the Tomb of Christ to the Archangels' Choir Church located at the territory of Ministry of Defence.

To prevent the spread of the epidemic, due to the tightened restrictions within the state of emergency, the Defence Forces, along with the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, tightened control over the traffic.  

To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the personnel of the Armament and Equipment Repair Base of Defence Forces` Logistics Command prepares individual protective shields for military personnel. The production process is monitored by the heads of divisions, who constantly observe the protection of the social distance and hygienic norms by the personnel.  

As part of the preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus, the administrative units of Kobuleti municipality were added to the area of ​​operation of the Western Command from this morning. II Infantry Brigade personnel along with the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs provide monitoring of quarantine restrictions imposed due to the high epidemiological risk in the villages of Kobuleti municipality.

With the aim of preventing the spread of coronavirus in Georgia, Logistics Command of  Defence Forces conducted disinfection works at the territory of Giorgi Abramishvili Military Hospital  and Davit Agmashenebeli National Defence Academy of Ministry of Defence. The external perimeter of the Hospital and the Academy was treated with a special solution by disinfection groups. Part of the road was also disinfected with a special equipment.