Salome Zurabishvili to Attend Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem

Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili will attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, leaving for Israel on January 21.

46 heads of states, members of royalty, presidents, prime ministers and parliamentary leaders from Europe, North America and Australia will attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, titled 'Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism'.

“This is an unprecedented and historic event, the highest-level meeting ever held in Israel and on the issue of antisemitism,” Dr. Kantor, initiator of the event, said.

“We must use this event as a crucial and defining moment to build a global coalition of leaders who will send a strong and united message that antisemitism, in all its forms, will not be tolerated, and those who perpetrate it will be met with zero tolerance.”

The President’s Press Office reports that Zurabishvili will meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, President of Northern Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, Governor-General of Canada and other leaders of various countries participating in the forum, as well as representatives of the Georgian community in Israel.

Salome Zurabishvili, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, the Minister of Culture and Sport, and the Mayor of Jerusalem, will open a new office of Georgia’s Honorary Consulate in Jerusalem.

After a working visit to Israel, the President of Georgia will leave for France and deliver a speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on January 28.

By Ana Dumbadze 

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