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Zurab Zhvania's words engraved in jubilee coins of Council of Europe

Zurab Zhvania's words engraved in jubilee coins of Council of Europe
Zurab Zhvania's words engraved in jubilee coins of Council of Europe

For the purposes of celebrating 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe and 20th anniversary of Georgia's accession to the Council of Europe, formal presentation of a jubilee coin by the National Bank has been held. 

The famous words "I am Georgian, and therefore, I am European" announced 20 years ago, on 27 April 1999 by the then Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Zurab Zhvania are engraved in the coin. 

President of the National Bank of Georgia Koba Gvenetadze handed the coins over Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Davit Zalkaliani. 

Founded in 1949, the Council of Europe aims to uphold democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Europe. 

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