U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan, on Friday, was asked about the alleged American citizen denied entry.

The head of Georgia’s State Security Service, Grigol Liluashvili, on Thursday, confirmed that he denied U.S. citizen Marshall Comins’s entry to Georgia, citing “specific information from highly reliable sources.” ​He went on to say that “his activities were related to the 7-8 March rallies, when he was active in training and instructing disruptive groups.”

Degnan said:” I don’t know this person. I never heard about this case until Director Liluashvili raised it in the media yesterday. No one contacted us about it, including this individual.”

“We respond when American citizens contact the embassy for assistance. There’s no way we could keep track of all the Americans who are coming to Georgia. Lots of people want to come to Georgia. It’s a fabulous place to come. I don’t know this individual, I don’t know what he was coming to do. Maybe he was coming to climb Mount Kazbegi. I have no idea. We didn’t know about this case until it was raised in the media yesterday. There’s no connection [to this report and the designations against the four individuals],” she stated.