“No official correspondence was received by the government administration from any agency regarding the construction of a checkpoint in Chorchana in 2019,” according to former head of the government administration Kakhi Kakhishvili. “Accordingly, I, for example, would not have made such a decision.”

“Moreover, I can tell you that before making a decision, I would have consulted with the Security Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

If not through the Security Council format, I would have briefed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; I would have briefed the Minister of Reconciliation. Naturally, the State Security Service should have been informed anyway, as coordination falls under its legal mandate.

I would have informed the EU Monitoring Mission about the decision already agreed with the Prime Minister, and only then would I have made the decision,” Kakhishvili noted.