Georgian Interior Ministry denies Saakashvili's arrival - Oct. 01, 2021

Georgian Interior Ministry denies Saakashvili’s arrival

Published Oct. 1, 2021 at 3:43 pm

(FILES) In this file photo taken on Sept. 29, 2012 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses supporters at a rally of his ruling United National Movement party in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi on the final day of campaigning before the Oct. 1 parliamentary polls. Georgia's flamboyant ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili said on October 1, 2021 he had returned from exile despite the threat of arrest, calling on his supporters to take to the streets against the government.

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TBILISI – Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has not crossed the border and is currently not in Georgia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.

“Mikheil Saakashvili is not staying in the territory of Georgia. He has not crossed the Georgian border. We have information from the Ukrainian side that Saakashvili has not left Ukraine,” ministry spokesman Alexander Darakhvelidze said at a press briefing on Oct. 1.

Saakashvili is on the wanted list and he will be detained and put in prison if he crosses the border into Georgia, Darakhvelidze said.