I congratulate the Prime Minister on the successful conduct of this operation - this is the culmination of the work that Bidzina Ivanishvili started 10 years ago, - Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the Georgian Dream, said during the arrest of Georgia's third president, Mikheil Saakashvili.

He thanked the law enforcement agencies at a briefing at the party office.

"It is symbolic that this happened 9 years after Bidzina Ivanishvili congratulated the Georgian society on the victory of freedom and democracy in Georgia. This is the culmination of the work that Bidzina Ivanishvili started 10 years ago. I congratulate the Prime Minister on the successful conduct of this operation and, of course, I thank the law enforcement agencies, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service for the successful conduct of this operation, "- said Kobakhidze.