Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has called on leader of the Movement of New Forces party and former Odesa regional governor Mikheil Saakashvili to abide by the law and respond to the charges brought against him.

"Any conflict has only a legal solution. Until there is no court decision, everything that is going on will not find a solution. Saakashvili must obey the law, go through a legal procedure and respond to the charges brought, rather than provoke bloodshed and clashes!" Avakov wrote on his page on Twitter on Tuesday.