The Georgian Armed Forces celebrated Artillery Day. The President of Georgia congratulated artillerists on the 16th anniversary.

The President of Georgia awarded 67 artillerists with Kakutsa Cholokashvili's orders.

There was not any single failure during the August war in the artillery. If not you and if not those several days that you have won, the Georgia's capital and the entire country would have been left unprotected.

We should continue perfection of our readiness; we have obtained and will obtain new equipment; we will also improve training and social conditions.

Georgia should always take care of its defense capabilities and of strength of its army - it has no alternative in the light of the environment in which we are and in the condition when Georgia's two regions remain occupied.

The fact that Russia has totally reviewed its military doctrine is a result of the Georgia's artillery's good performance and large number of casualties inflicted among the aggressors", Mikheil Saakashvili stated.

Press Office
of the President of Georgia