At the annual main Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said that the current year proved to be a turning point.''2021 was a rather challenging year, and it was also a turning point as we have done a lot; we have brought peace to the country. I want to salute you all together and wish you and your families peace and health. My greetings to our compatriots abroad and those in Abkhazia and Ossetia, the representatives of the Georgian diaspora,'' Gharibashvili said.
At the end of his speech, the PM thanked ''hero doctors, policemen, and soldiers.''
Tbilisi's main Christmas Tree has lighted up the area outside the parliament of Georgia.
