EU Ambassador to Georgia welcomes release of Doctor Gaprindashvili
EU Ambassador to Georgia welcomes release of Doctor Gaprindashvili

The European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell welcomed the release of Georgian Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili kept imprisoned by the occupational regime.

“I very much welcome today’s release of Dr. Gaprindashvili, back to his family in time for the New Year. Let me at the same time recall the importance of taking immediate steps to reopen the crossing points,” EU Ambassador wrote on Twitter.

Georgian Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili was released by the occupational regime earlier this afternoon.

The occupied Tskhinvali court sentenced Vazha Gaprindashvili to one year and nine-months to prison during the trial on December 20.

Tbilisi-based doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupation line with Akhalgori Municipality on November 9.