Michael Carpenter calls arrest of UNM Chair ‘very unfortunate’
Michael Carpenter calls arrest of UNM Chair ‘very unfortunate’

Michael Carpenter, Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and former US Deputy Defense Secretary echoed the arrest of Nika Melia, Chairman of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) Party.

“Very unfortunate developments in the Republic of Georgia with the storming of the opposition party’s HQ. Hoping cooler heads will prevail and the situation can still be de-escalated,” Michael Carpenter wrote on Twitter.

Law enforcers arrested UNM Chair Nika Melia following a special operation.