Meeting held with Ambassador of Norway at Foreign Ministry regarding presentation of award to Mikheil Saakashvili by Norwegian opposition party

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, First Deputy Minister Lasha Darsalia met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Georgia Helene Sand Andresen.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the topic of discussion at the meeting was the presentation of an award by the Norwegian Conservative Party to Mikheil Saakashvili for the promotion of human rights and the comments made by the Norwegian Ambassador in this regard.

"The Ambassador was explained the negative attitude of the Georgian side due to the mentioned fact, which is related to the violations of human rights and abuse of power by the government during the rule of Mikheil Saakashvili, for which Mikheil Saakashvili and many representatives of his government have been convicted or have already served their sentences.

As mentioned by the agency, the mentioned step of the conservative party of Norway does not contribute to depolarization in the Georgian society and is insulting the citizens and their family members who were victims of the criminal acts committed during the rule of Saakashvili. As the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway noted at the meeting, awarding Mikheil Saakashvili does not represent the position of the Norwegian Government and is an initiative of a specific political party.

At the meeting, the parties once again confirmed the existing friendly relations between Georgia and the Kingdom of Norway and expressed their readiness to promote the development of cooperation between the countries in the future", reads the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.