At the event, a few dozen people held flags of Georgia, Lithuania, and the organizer of the rally, the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives).
Georgian Parliamentary Vice-Speaker Giorgi Baramidze made a speech, urging Russia to cease the occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He finished his speech in Lithuanian: "Long live free Lithuania, long live free Georgia!"
At the rally, the Conservatives also drew attention to the situation in Georgia, which has come under accusations of prosecuting the opposition after accession to power by the opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
"The ideals of the Rose Revolution in Georgia are fading and wilting," said MP Mantas Adomėnas, the leader of the Conservative Party's Vilnius chapter.
Lithuanian Conservatives have often voiced support to the party of Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili, which won the October 2012 parliamentary elections. Both parties are part of the right-wing European People's Party.
Armed clashes between the Georgian Army and separatists broke out in the breakaway South Ossetian region in early hours of August 8, 2008. Georgian forces then took over the regional capital Tskhinvali, but the action drew a response from Russia in support of the separatists. Russia brought in its army into the region and later other parts of Georgia, bombarding various targets across the country's territory.
After the conflict, South Ossetia and Abkhazia declared independence, but were only recognized by Russia and a few more states.
The Rose Revolution of 2003 led to resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze from the President's Office, which was soon headed by Saakashvili, a supposedly pro-Western politician.
Saakashvili's party was last year defeated by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili in parliamentary elections.
In an interview to BNS earlier this week, Georgia's Ambassador to Lithuania Khatuna Salukvadze rejected the accusations of "selective justice" in Georgia. In her words, legal prosecution of former top-ranking officials signifies independence of the law-enforcement system.
