Georgian President Georgy Margelashvili has signed a decree, stripping Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgian citizenship, the presidential press service said on Friday, Civil.ge reports.
President’s office said that citizenship of Saakashvili and several other Georgian nationals were terminated with the December 4 decree because they became citizens of foreign countries.
According to Georgian legislation, a Georgian national loses Georgian citizenship after acquiring citizenship of a foreign country.
Saakashvili was granted Ukrainian citizenship in late May, when Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed him as governor of Odessa.
The Georgian Justice Ministry said late in October that it launched procedure for termination of Saakashvili’s Georgian citizenship after …read more
Source: Public Radio of Armenia
