Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has expressed hope that Mikheil Saakashvili would reach success in fighting against corruption on the post of head of Odesa Regional Administration.

"This is the person who is able to materialize ideas and who changed his country [Georgia] in the transparency, efficiency, anticorruption areas, attracting new investors, establishing fair court, protecting rights of citizens and democracy and whom I want to see in Ukraine – this is Mikheil Saakashvili," he said, introducing the new head of Odesa Regional Administration to Odesa region officials.