US urges fair treatment for ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili

10:50, 05.10.2021

The US State Department said it is following the recent developments in Georgia closely and urges the country to ensure fair treatment in the ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili’s case.

“We’re following developments very closely,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price told a regular news briefing.

“We urge Georgian authorities to ensure that Mr Saakashvili is afforded fair treatment in accordance with Georgian law and Georgia’s international human rights commitments and obligations,” Ned Price declared.

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

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

Mikheil Saakashvili

Ned Price