On April 9, 1989 Georgians residing in the Kingdom of Netherlands dedicated a memorial event to tragic events on Rustaveli Avenue.
The event was organized by the Georgian Culture Center and the Embassy of Georgia in Holland. The Georgians living in Belgium and Germany also came to attend the evening of the Memorial in the Georgian Cross Cathedral in Amsterdam.
On April 9, the Dutch and Belgian bishop Archbishop Dositheus, Ambassador of Georgia Konstantine Surguladze and the founder of Georgian Culture Center, Tika Svanidze -Vancko, talked about the importance of Georgia. On April 9, a large screen showed documentary footage of crackdown by peaceful soldiers by Soviet soldiers on Rustaveli Avenue. An emotional video footage was shown noting the tragic news on Rustaveli Avenue. Tika Svanidze-Venko and his brother Giorgi were the participants of the events that took place 27 years ago.
On the 9th of April 1989, 21 peacekeepers died in the funeral service of the bishop Dositheus.
After the evening of April 9, the bishop of Belgium and the Belgian paid a parish.
