Polish officials continue to press for the health and well-being of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, reiterating that they have repeatedly offered medical assistance. A deputy speaker of the Polish Sejm, Małgorzata Gosiewska, told PAP that Saakashvili was poisoned with neurotoxins while detained in Georgia.
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An attempt was made to poison a politician imprisoned in Georgia
In mid-December 2022, Mikheil Saakashvili, the long-time opposition leader and former president of Georgia, who remains in custody, authored a letter published by Le Monde asking French President Emmanuel Macron for support.
Saakashvili wrote that President Vladimir Putin views him as a top adversary and has publicly vowed to kill him. He described his current confinement as being held as a private prisoner of the regime.
A toxicology report prepared by San Francisco-based expert David Smith, released on November 28, indicated the presence of heavy metals in the former president’s body, including arsenic and mercury, according to a five-page document.
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“He dies before our eyes”
Małgorzata Gosiewska told PAP that Saakashvili’s health is seriously at risk. She remarked that the decline is observable in real time and that the Georgian authorities bear responsibility for the deterioration.
She stressed that Polish leadership remains committed to advocating for Saakashvili’s health, noting that representations have been made in bilateral talks with Georgia and in numerous international forums.
Gosiewska added that discussions and letters have repeatedly proposed admitting Saakashvili to Poland for treatment. She said permission has not been granted, and the plan to place his case before an international medical board for assessment has likewise not received approval.
She stated that Saakashvili has shed considerable weight and strength in recent weeks, a change she attributes to poisoning with neurotoxins. She asserted that the toxins entered his body during imprisonment, making the Georgian authorities directly responsible for the consequences.
Another Georgia…
Today’s Georgia, Gosiewska observed, is not the same country that existed after the Rose Revolution of 2003. She described a nation that permits Russia to bypass sanctions with impunity.
Reports suggest Russians are settling in Georgia in large numbers, acquiring local businesses, and even obtaining Georgian citizenship, according to her remarks.
Gosiewska claimed that today’s Georgian authorities answer to oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who allegedly cooperates with Russia. She argued that the release of Saakashvili hinges on Ivanishvili’s consent and that sanctions against Ivanishvili should be imposed by the European Union and the wider international community.
The former Georgian president, previously convicted of abuse of office, is currently hospitalized in Tbilisi after being moved from detention. Saakashvili had returned to Georgia from Ukraine in autumn 2021, and during his time in Ukraine he held government roles and acquired Ukrainian citizenship.
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Source: wPolityce