Saakashvili told about his attitude to the Georgian citizenship
The loss of Georgian citizenship is not a hindrance for homecoming, said the former head of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, explaining the provision of the citizenship of Ukraine. "If the head of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili) decide to revoke my citizenship of the state, I am sure, because it will not be a decisive factor, because by the time I decide to go back to Georgia, but this will occur much Earlier, than imagine the people he will take the decision to cancel my citizenship deprivation and stopping criminal cases with regard to me ", - quotes RIA "news" words of Saakashvili in the broadcasting company " Imedi ". He added that according to Ukrainian law, He is entitled to two years to retain their Georgian citizenship. At the same time the head of the parliamentary Department for human rights, the people's Deputy of Georgia Eka Beselia said that the citizenship of another state will not interfere with the Prosecutor's office of Georgia to provide appropriate legal procedures regarding Saakashvili. Earlier on Sunday, the head of the Ministry of justice of Georgia tea tsulukiani said that the legal chances to extradite Saakashvili in Georgia after the adoption of the citizenship of Ukraine, in practice, not left, because Ukraine does not extradite its Citizens. She later said that " the issue of extradition of Saakashvili will be on the agenda as long as long as He doesn't respond Before the legislative act ". The head of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili said earlier that its acceptance of the citizenship of Ukraine, Mikhail Saakashvili, had insulted his native country. Before the people's Deputy of the parliamentary majority of Georgia Zviad kvatchantiradze as said Saakashvili, received Ukrainian citizenship automatically loses Georgian. On the first day of the weekend President Poroshenko officially announced the appointment of Saakashvili to the post of head of the Odessa region. Before that Saakashvili officially became a citizen of Ukraine. Remember, Before Saakashvili faced a problem of citizenship. In the early winter of 2014 he said He didn't want from the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, as the consent would imply the renunciation of Georgian citizenship. Let us also emphasize that in may 2014 it was stated on the approval by the Parliament of Georgia amendments to the citizenship law, according to which an unacceptable loss of citizenship because of adopting the citizenship of a foreign country for persons who are granted citizenship of Georgia.