The US Embassy to Georgia released a statement regarding April, 9.

“The people of Georgia are not strangers to endurance and sacrifice. On this, the 31st anniversary of the day of National Unity, we remember the 21 innocent souls who died on the streets of Tbilisi, and the hundreds more who lay injured beside them. We honor the memory of those who did not survive to see the freedom and independence they struggled to ensure”, - reads the statement.