If some former high-ranking Georgian officials against whom criminal cases have been opened in Georgia are appointed to the Ukrainian government, this could prompt Tbilisi to reconsider its relationship with Kyiv, says Georgian Education Minister Tamara Sanikidze.

Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Sanikidze said the possible appointment of Georgians being prosecuted at home to the Ukrainian government "will not bring Georgian-Ukrainian relations to an end, but they could be reconsidered."

Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equitability Paata Zakareishvili doubts that former high-ranking Georgian officials could be offered jobs in the Ukrainian government.

"I doubt that the Ukrainian government could make offers to former Georgian high-ranking officials against whom criminal cases have been opened at home. Those Georgian officials against whom no criminal cases have been opened could certainly work in the Ukrainian government, but, anyway, it would be surprising if people who have messed up reforms in Georgia were appointed to the Ukrainian government," Zakareishvili said.

A number of media outlets had reported last week that former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, whom Georgian prosecutors have charged with a number of crimes and declared wanted, might be invited to work in the Ukrainian government.

Georgian Foreign Ministry spokesman David Kereselidze said on Monday he had no information on the matter.

Kereselidze noted that, while Saakashvili and a number of other former Georgian leaders have been declared wanted, if they were appointed to governmental positions in Ukraine, this would create "a negative context" for Georgian-Ukrainian relations.

Saakashvili himself confirmed later on Rustavi 2 television that he had been invited to the Ukrainian government but declined the proposal.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had suggested last week that the Ukrainian law should be amended so that foreign citizens could occupy top positions in the Ukrainian government.