Army Marches, Marks Independence Day

Self-propelled cannons lined up on Rose Square (former Republic Square) prepare for march on Rustaveli Avenue.

13 000 soldiers, 5 000 servicemen from the reserve troops and 400 officers from the Interior Ministry will march on May 26 in downtown Tbilisi to mark Georgia’s Independence Day.

Military hardware (except of tanks to avoid damage of newly reconstructed roads), helicopters and fighter jets will also participate in the military parade, which according to the officials will be the largest ever held in Georgia.

“This is the first parade of the strongest Georgian army… Georgia has never before had such strong army,” Giorgi Arveladze, chief of the President’s administration, said.

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