The statement of the former president, previously sentenced by the Tbilisi court to 6 years of imprisonment for exceeding official powers, was read by his lawyer.

The statement said that Saakashvili would not want to give his critics a reason to accuse him of deliberately harming his health.

Also, according to Saakashvili, he was asked to stop his hunger strike by members of the European Parliament, who promised to monitor whether his rights would be respected.

The reason for announcing the hunger strike was the refusal of the Department of Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia to provide him with direct inclusion from the hospital ward during the court process on his transfer for further treatment to the Berlin "Charity" clinic.

On Wednesday morning, Saakashvili announced through his lawyers that he will go on hunger strike until he is allowed to speak remotely at his trial and address the country.

The statement to end the hunger strike does not say whether this condition was met.

The next court session will take place no earlier than December 22.

Medics express concern over the deterioration of the former head of state's health.

Lawyers, as well as associates of Saakashvili from the opposition party "United National Movement" are seeking a postponement of the punishment and sending the former president to Europe for treatment.

The chairman of the ruling party "Georgian Dream"

Iraklii Kabakhidze

, answering journalists' questions on Wednesday, called the third president of Georgia a "murderer" who "lost 20% of the country's territory in 2008", and emphasized that the fate of this prisoner "doesn't interest him at all". .

  • Mikhail Saakashvili was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of organizing the beating of the opposition MP, businessman Valery Gelashvili by the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2005.

    Now the former president is being prosecuted in three more cases, including the illegal crossing of the state border of Georgia on September 29 last year.

    Then Saakashvili was arrested