საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

When we heard that the tractors were working and a new checkpoint was supposed to be built there, I contacted them and told them that it couldn’t be done. It could have escalated. We survived. We lost hundreds of hectares of forest, those people lost their pastures - this was the smallest threat that could follow, we could have faced war, we remember from history that the Samachablo war, the Abkhaz war, started like this, - former Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri told journalists after being questioned at the Prosecutor’s Office regarding the Chorchana episode.

We have retired, we aren’t young, we are 50 years old - a very good new minister has been appointed, he is my friend and family member, - former Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri told journalists, answering a question about personnel changes in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including his resignation and the resignation of the head of the Special Tasks Department, Zviad Kharazishvili (“Khareba”).

I confirm that there was no agreement and we learned about the establishment of the Chorchana checkpoint post facto - when we found out, I was obliged to inform the Prime Minister about the matter, - former Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri told journalists after being questioned about the Chorchana episode at the Prosecutor General's Office.

The Prosecutor's Office has issued a statement regarding the summoning of former Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri for questioning as part of the investigation ongoing into the Chorchana incident.

According to the Chairperson of the Unity National Movement, Tina Bokuchava, the summoning of former Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri to the Prosecutor General's Office is to make Giorgi Gakharia choose between prison or participation in local elections.

Former Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri states that he does not know exactly what the investigation is interested in.

We strongly condemn the imprisonment of Nika Gvaramia by Georgian Dream, - reads a statement issued by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Tbilisi City Court has declared citizen Aleksandre Samkharadze as an administrative offender for verbally insulting Davit Matikashvili, a member of the parliamentary majority. He was detained by law enforcement officers this morning near his home.

Our Western friends are doing a lot and are our valuable partners, but it is a false expectation that someone else will do what we need to do - do not submit to evil, do not fulfill an illegal assignment, do not work for a system that oppresses your people, - said Paata Manjgaladze, one of the leaders of the Strategy-Builder.­

If the Georgian people do not compromise, if prisoners of conscience do not compromise, then those people who claim to be the leaders of this people should not compromise with Ivanishvili and should not pay tribute to Tsulukiani, either, said Levan Sanikidze, a member of the National Movement.

Giga Bokeria, the chairman of the Federalists party, echoes the arrest of Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change.

We are deeply concerned about the increase in tensions in the Middle East, which threatens regional security, - the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.