Toivo Klaar - I don't suppose prolonged detention of Dr. Gaprindashvili is in anyone’s interests

11:18, 20.11.2019

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar hopes Dr. Gaprindashvili will be released soon.

`I don’t suppose prolonged detention of Dr. Gaprindashvili is in anyone’s interests ‘, Toivo Klaar told ‘Echo of the Caucasus’ in an interview. He added that this issue has already been discussed at the meeting with South Ossetian officials today.

Tbilisi-based doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupation line with Akhalgori Municipality, has been sent to two-month pretrial detention.

The decision was made by the Occupation Regime on November 15. Vazha Gaprindashvili was reportedly charged with ‘illegally crossing the border’ under article 322 of the criminal code of Russia.

Tbilisi activated the hotline mechanism of EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM).

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