To be precise, I did not pardon “political prisoners”, said the President of Georgia, commenting MEP Anna Fotyga’s tweet, posted after the release of Gigi Ugulava and Irakli Okruashvili,

“To be precise, I did not pardon “political prisoners”. There are no political prisoners in Georgia. And I would be grateful for this fact to be taken into consideration when commenting on the Georgian situation”, - tweeted Salome Zourabichvili.

MEP Anna Fotyga has welcomed the pardon of Ugulava and Okruashvili by the President of Georgia: “I welcome the pardon of political prisoners Gigi Ugulava and Irakli Okruashvili by President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili. Citizens of Georgia deserve only progress. I expect the 2020 elections to be free and fair”.