Main Department of MIA of Ukraine in Odessa region will be headed by a General from Georgia, said Tuesday at a press conference in Odessa, the head of the region Mikhail Saakashvili.

"in addition, will be the new chief of the regional Department of internal Affairs. After much deliberation, and consultation with the President, I decided to import it too. It is in the form of exceptions, other we will find on the site, we recommended that the General police of Georgia ", - quotes Saakashvili

before the media reported that the head of the main Directorate of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Odessa region will be assigned Giya Lordkipanidze.

Lordkipanidze worked as Deputy Minister, when Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, may 30, appointed by the Odessa Governor. Saakashvili said that he is planning a complete upgrade of power in the area and wants to fire the heads 24 of the 27 districts.

Saakashvili left Georgia After the inauguration of the new President Giorgi Margvelashvili in November 2013. The chief Prosecutor's office of Georgia in absentia charged him in several criminal cases, as well as among them of embezzlement of about $ 5 million of state funds for personal needs. Later Saakashvili was declared wanted in Georgia. He previously stated that he wants to return to power together with its own team on the results of the elections of 2016.

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