Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada to ask Georgian president to pardon Saakashvili

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered a draft appeal to the president of Georgia and the parliaments of EU member states on the need to implement a humanitarian act and pardon ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, Report informs referring to RBC-Ukraine.

The draft resolution says that in order to preserve the life and health of a citizen of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada plans to: call on the president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, to provide the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, to visit a citizen of Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili; appeal to the president of Georgia with a request to implement a humanitarian act and pardon Saakashvili, given his difficult physical condition.

In addition, the Ukrainian deputies plan to appeal to the parliaments of the EU member states with a request to adopt appropriate decisions and resolutions on the need for the president of Georgia to implement a humanitarian act and pardon Saakashvili, reaffirming the importance of complying with international human rights standards.