Detention of Saakashvili: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry demands explanations from the Georgian embassy

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine invited representatives of the Georgian Embassy in Ukraine to obtain official information on the grounds and circumstances of the detention of Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili, who flew to Georgia eight years later.

This was announced by Oleg Nikolenko, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on his account on Twitter.

“Vwe go information in the media about the detention of a citizen of Ukraine Saakashvili in Georgia. The heads of the Georgian Embassy in Ukraine have been invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain official information on the grounds and circumstances of such detention.“, – wrote Nikolaenko.

How events developed

• Recall that on the morning of October 1, the head of the Executive Committee of Reforms under the President Mikheil Saakashvili posted a video in which he said that he had already arrived in Georgia.
• In search of the former president of Georgia, in the afternoon, special-purpose units went from Zugdidi to Batumi. The local press reported on the searches in progress.
• At the same time, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Alexander Darakhvelidze denied information in the afternoon that the transfer of special units was carried out because of Saakashvili. The politicians said that Saakashvili did not cross the border of their country.
• In the evening, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced the arrest of Saakashvili. According to information available in the media, he is in the Rustavi pre-trial detention center.
• “Our law enforcement officers carried out an operation to detain wanted Mikheil Saakashvili at the highest level. The law enforcement agencies had preliminary information about his transfer from Ukraine to Georgia, and this process was under full control,” Garibashvili said.
• At night, a video of the politician’s arrest appeared.