22 August 2026,   11:58
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President of Georgia awards Head of the Georgian State Security Service and other employees of the agency

President of Georgia honoured Head of the Special State Protection Service of Georgia [SSPS] and other agency personnel with state awards during the service`s 31st-anniversary celebration.

Mikheil Kavelashvili expressed gratitude to the SSPS leadership, personnel, staff, and veterans for their "loyal and conscientious service". He awarded the Order of Honour, Georgia`s state decoration, to Special State Protection Service Chief Anzor Chubinidze for his "exceptional contribution to strengthening law and order".

Four agency employees received the Medal of Honour for worthy state service, while 5 personnel were awarded the Medal for Military Courage for fulfilling their military duties with "valour and bravery".

"Role of the Special State Protection Service in ensuring stable and secure functioning of the state system is invaluable… You have undertaken the most important, honourable, and simultaneously most difficult mission – to protect state security and be the guarantor of national peace. It can be said with pride that each of you successfully fulfils this mission", - said the President.

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