State Department made statement on Saakashvili

The US State Department said that they were “very closely” to apply to the former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, noting that the Government of Georgia is responsible for a worthy handling of it.

“Protection of the health of Saakashvili and the protection of human rights is the responsibility of the Georgian government. Based on the recommendations of medical experts of the public defender, we will continue to speak to the relevant persons to take the necessary measures for the health and well -being of Saakashvili,” the State Department said in a commentary to the “voice. America “.

On Wednesday, a court meeting will be held on Wednesday to consider the petition of lawyers to postpone the sentence and release of Saakashvili in connection with the state of health.

According to doctors, from the day of the arrest of Saakashvili lost 42 kilograms and we are talking about 20 diagnoses that “together create a threatening picture.”

Georgian authorities refute the critical state of Saakashvili, and all materials in the press on this subject are called “custom”. In recent statements, representatives of the authorities claim that the ex-president is “engaged in self-mutilation”, refusing to obey the instructions of the doctors and takes food “when he wants and what he wants,” writes News-Georgia.