A picket of the Ukrainian Embassy was held in Tbilisi demanding the extradition of Saakashvili
On Thursday, a picket organized by one of the parties was held near the Ukrainian Embassy in Tbilisi, calling for the governor of the Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, to be extradited to Georgia for punishment for crimes committed while in office as the Georgian president.
This was reported by the Georgian News agency.
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“We appeal to the Ukrainian authorities, in particular to the president of this country, to hand over Mikheil Saakashvili as convicted and wanted by our country,” Zaza Agladze, a member of the Our Homeland party, told reporters.
The chairman of Our Motherland, Zviad Chitishvili, even promised that his party would pay for Saakashvili’s extradition to Georgia.
Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Georgia Georgy Nazarov met with the protesters. The protesters handed him a petition and familiarized him with the demands.
He explained to the audience that diplomatic departments do not deal with extradition issues, but promised to forward the demands to the central office.
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