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26 March 2010 [09:50] - Today.Az
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili signed a decree declaring March 21 a day off in honor of the Novruz holiday, the Georgian Presidential Administration said.
The president promised to declare Novruz a national holiday March 21 when he attended the Novruz festivities in Marneuli, a region densely populated with Azerbaijanis.
About half a million Azerbaijani Muslims and several thousand Georgian Muslims in the Ajaria region live in Georgia.
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