Saakashvili stripped of Ukrainian citizenship - migration service

18:47, 26.07.2017 1 min read

President Petro Poroshenko has issued a decree deprivind Georgia's ex-president and a former governor of Odesa Regional Administration, Mikheil Saakashvili, of Ukrainian citizenship, the State Migration Service of Ukraine said on its website on Wednesday.

"The president of Ukraine issued a decree on the loss of Ukrainian citizenship (...) The Saakashvili materials were provided by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, processed by the State Migration Service of Ukraine, sent for consideration to the citizenship commission under the president of Ukraine, and duly considered at a commission meeting. Under the constitution, the president makes a decision on the loss of Ukrainian citizenship based on conclusions of the citizenship commission," the statement says.