Victor Dolidze – We hope that Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili will be released in several days

15:52, 10.12.2019

Victor Dolidze, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva said he hoped that Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, detained by the occupational regime, would be released in several days.

“The release of Vazha Gaprindashvili is the number one issue not only for the Georgian diplomatic corps but the entire state,” Dolidze said.

Dolidze said that he had talked to the representatives of the International Red Cross who claimed that Doctor Gaprindashvili feels well and no pressure is extorted upon him in prison.

Tbilisi-based doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupation line with Akhalgori Municipality on November 9. He was sent to two-month pretrial detention on November 15.

Vazha Gaprindashvili was charged with “illegally crossing the border” under article 322 of the criminal code of Russia. His trial is scheduled for December 13.

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