Georgia has called Ukraine’s ambassador to a meeting to discuss Kiev’s “surprising” appointment of former President Mikheil Saakashvili as an adviser, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Saakashvili is on Georgia’s wanted list over charges of exceeding his authority but has left the South Caucasus country. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko named him as the head of an advisory council last week.
Foreign Ministry spokesman David Kereselidze said Ambassador Vasyl Tsybenko had been invited to a meeting later this week. Although he described the appointment of Saakashvili as surprising for Tbilisi, Kereselidze told a news conference: “Ukraine is our strategic partner … nothing …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
