Ukrainian President pledges to return Mikheil Saakashvili to Ukraine

14:51, 03.10.2021

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to raise the issue of Mikheil Saakashvili, the ex-President of Georgia and Head of the Executive Committee, National Reforms Council of Ukraine, at all levels to return him to Ukraine.

In the video address, Zelensky said he would do everything in his power, and that all relevant institutions would be involved in this process.

“As President of Ukraine, I am constantly engaged in bringing back Ukrainian citizens through various means that I have within my power. Mikheil Saakashvili is a citizen of Ukraine, so this applies to him as well. All institutions, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our embassies, which work in Georgia, and at the level of the Georgian ambassador to Ukraine, at the level of our Cabinet, at the level of the Prime Minister – we will all be engaged”, Zelensky said.

Law enforcers arrested the ex-president in Tbilisi on October 1 and sent him to Rustavi prison.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

Mikheil Saakashvili

Volodymyr Zelensky