The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered Vladimir Zelensky’s recommendations to the Georgian ambassador an extreme form of aggravating relations. This is specified Message Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
“The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its deep concern at the decision of the Ukrainian authorities,” the message said.
Irakli Kobakhidze, former chairman of the ruling party of the republic of “Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia” declarationHe said that Ukrainian authorities made humiliating demands against Georgia. According to him, we are talking about a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling for the transfer of former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been imprisoned in his hometown since October 2021, to Kiev.
He also added that Zelenskiy’s demands annoyed the Georgian leadership not only because of the ties between the President of Ukraine and Saakashvili, but also because some Ukrainian officials contributed to the politician’s entry into his homeland in 2021.
Despite a series of criminal cases against him, Saakashvili secretly returned to his hometown in mid-autumn 2021. As a result, the former president of Georgia was arrested and imprisoned. Saakashvili himself said that his detention had become politicized and went on a hunger strike. Subsequently, the former president’s health seriously deteriorated, in May 2022 he was transferred from prison to a clinic in the capital for examination.
Previously in Georgia recommendation Saakashvili does not try to escape justice by injuring himself.