Minister of Health calls Saakashvili’s statement relating to vaccines “a complete lie”

According to Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze, the statement of former President Mikheil Saakashvili regarding vaccines is a complete lie and an attempt to mislead the population. As she told reporters, the Maltese government does not have enough vaccines even for its own citizens and, therefore, Georgia's demand could not be met.

"This is a complete lie. This is another attempt to bring unrest and misunderstanding among our population. The Government of Georgia is acting consistently. The Maltese government says it does not have enough vaccines even for its own citizens. Therefore, any appeal by us could not be satisfied. The Government of Georgia is working on this issue and we will definitely have the vaccine that we are promised," Tikaradze said.

The third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, addressed the Government of Georgia with a proposal. As Saakashvili said on Facebook, Malta received one million more vaccines than it needed and decided to distribute them to poorer countries, including Georgia. Saakashvili appeals to the Georgian authorities to apply to Malta and receive the vaccine free of charge.