Zurabishvili participated in a ceremony dedicated to the memory of Georgian Vice-Colonel Dimitri Amilakhvari on September 26 and posthumously awarded him the Order of National Hero. She presented the state award to the descendants of Amilakhvari.

Zurabishvili wrote on her Twitter account that 100 years ago France became 'a land of refuge' for Georgians who fled the Red Army and continued to fight for a free Georgia. Amilakhvari, who was among them, became 'a hero of the French Resistance'.

The Georgian diaspora gifted the bust of Amilakhvari to the French museums of the Foreign Legion (13th Brigade) and the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr, while a third bust was sent to Georgia.

At the ceremony Zurabishvili delivered her speech in which she said that despite being on the geographical border of Europe, Georgia has always felt European and that 'this is a necessary diplomatic choice with no alternative'.

Zurabishvili also highlighted the importance of returning the national treasure from France to Georgia by the order issued by Charles de Gaulle  in 1944. Zurabishvili said that without de Gaulle and a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor Ekvtime Takaishvili this treasure could not find its place in the Georgian National Museum where it is still kept today.

Georgian President has  posthumously awarded with the Order of Excellence Konstantin Andronikov (Andronikashvili), a diplomat, theologian and an interpreter who worked with some of France’s greatest political leaders, and Father Elie Melia, who led the Georgian Parish of Saint Nino in Paris for nearly 40 years.

At the end of the day Zurabishvili also took part in the ceremony of lighting eternal fire near the Triumphal Arch in honour of the memory of the soldiers fallen for France.