Ukrainian MFA ‘disappointed’ by Saakashvili’s transfer to prison clinic

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine says that it is disappointed by the transfer of former Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, to a prison clinic yesterday  without Ukraine being informed as Saakashvili is currently a citizen of Ukraine. 

Ukrainian MFA called on the Georgian government  to transfer Saakashvili to a civil clinic to receive proper medical care.Saakashvili says that he was physically abused during the transfer. 

The former president, who is a citizen of Ukraine and currently chairs the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Reforms Council, was convicted in Georgia back in 2018 for abuse of power and was sentenced to six years in prison. 

He has also been charged with illegal takeover of property, illegal rally dispersal, embezzlement and illegally crossing the border. Saakashvili says that he is a political prisoner and was demanding his transportation to a civil clinic. 

However, the government said that Saakashvikli and his United National Movement party had plans to cause unrest if he was transferred to a civil clinic. 

The former president says that he returned after eight years in political exile to remove the Georgian Dream from power. 

He has been on hunger strike since his arrest in Tbilisi on October 1.