The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) appealed to Georgia and other countries with the demand to transfer ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili for treatment abroad.
This was reported by the head of the "Servant of the People" party Olena Shulyak.
The Parliament adopted a resolution in which it addressed Georgia, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the parliaments of the EU member states.
Shulyak reminded that the PACE (of which Georgia is a member) in its resolution No. 2463 of 2022 called to review the cases of political prisoners opposing the aggressive policy of the Russian Federation and to release them, including Saakashvili.
"Miheil must survive. Not only for yourself and your family. Not only for the sake of Ukraine, which values the life of every citizen. And also for the sake of preserving basic democratic and universal human values. And it is our duty to remind Georgia, Europe and the world about this," noted the leader of "Servants of the People".
- Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili was detained in Georgia on October 1, 2021, when he returned to his homeland after an eight-year absence. He was charged with illegal border crossing, which, according to the investigation, he committed on September 28, when he secretly arrived at the port of Poti from Ukraine on a vessel carrying a truckload of dairy products. The article for illegal crossing of the border of Georgia provides up to five years of imprisonment.