Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, criticized the actions of the Georgian authorities regarding Mikheil Saakashvili and announced the summons of the Georgian Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Head of the Ministry explained that after the posting of footage from court session, where Saakashvili has an extremely malnourished and exhausted appearance, “everything reached a boiling point”, causing Kyiv to take a “drastic but fair step.”

“When the state is dissatisfied with something, the first level of reaction is to express a protest. The second level of reaction is to recall its ambassador for consultations. And the third level of reaction, several levels higher in severity, is to ask the ambassador of this country to leave Ukraine for consultations with his government. In diplomacy, this is an extremely harsh form, but the Georgian government deserves it”, - said Kuleba.

As he added, the Ambassador of Georgia would be summoned on Tuesday [July 4] morning, after which he would “have an appropriate conversation”.