International attention towards the life and health of Mikheil Saakashvili, as well as pressure on the Georgian Government, is increasing – the article published by Michael McFaul, who works to sanction oligarchic circles, is important, Khatia Dekanoidze, chairwoman of the National Movement faction, told reporters at a briefing in the Parliament.

According to her, McFaul is a high-level expert, a former diplomat and a person close to the White House.

"A very important article was published by Michael McFaul, who constantly works on the region and is a former US ambassador to Russia, but most importantly, he is, together with Yermak, the head of the sanctions group that works to sanction oligarchy and oligarchic circles connected to Russia. We had an important meeting with him this summer and his statement is very important. He urges the world not to allow Mikheil Saakashvili’s death in prison, highlighting the medical report released by Mikheil Saakashvili's lawyers about alleged poisoning and the latest photo from the clinic. McFaul stated that Saakashvili's condition is extremely harmful and it only makes Putin happy. The assessment of such a high-level diplomat and an important expert close to the US State Department and the White House administration, the director of the Stanford University School of International Relations, regarding the connection of the Georgian Government with Russia and punishment of Mikheil Saakashvili by Putin, is very important. We remind you that he calls the Georgian Government, the people who came to power in 2012, "Putin's proxies" and emphasizes that Ivanishvili is an oligarch who accumulated financial capital not in Georgia, not in any Western country, but in Russia. He says that Saakashvili's death will be a victory for Putin and a blow to Georgian democracy, which is well understood by President Zelensky, who calls on the Georgian authorities to release the ex-president. I am sure that his call that Biden and the world leaders should do everything to call on the President of Georgia to pardon Mikheil Saakashvili is important, vital, and I am sure that this article, as well as efforts in other directions, will add an additional effect to the attention towards Saakashvili," Dekanoidze said.