- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Georgia Summons Ukrainian Ambassador After Saakashvili Appointed Aide

© AP Photo / Efrem LukatskyFormer Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili
Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Georgia's Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukraine's ambassador to the country to explain why ex-president Saakashvili's has been appointed as an aide to Poroshenko despite facing criminal charges at home.

Mikheil Saakashvili - Sputnik International
Georgian Ex-Leader Saakashvili Calls for Arms Supplies to Ukraine – Media
Ukraine's ambassador to Georgia, Vasily Tsybenko, has been summoned by the country's Foreign Ministry following ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili's appointment as an aide to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

"Tomorrow a briefing will take place in the ministry where this will be discussed," an official at the Georgian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti, saying that the ministry expects the ambassador to provide an explanation.

The exact date when the ambassador must appear at the ministry is unknown at this time. Local media report that Georgia's ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Ukleba, will also be present at the meeting.

Mikhail told Ukrainian television on Saturday that a properly trained and armed Ukrainian army could capture the whole of Russia. - Sputnik International
Georgia's Saakashvili: A US-Armed Ukraine Could 'Capture All of Russia'
Saakashvili left Georgia several days after the inauguration of the new president, Giorgi Margvelashvili, in November 2013. The Georgian Prosecutor General's Office accused Saakashvili in absentia of several criminal acts, including abuse of power and the misappropriation of public funds.

Ukraine's government previously appointed several former Georgian officials from the United National Movement party, once chaired by Saakashvili. Eka Zguladze became Deputy Internal Affairs Minister, while Alexander Kvtashvili became Ukraine's Minister of Healthcare.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала