State Security Service: Aleksi Mamulia and Ivane Japiashvili, illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces, have been released

Aleksi Mamulia and Ivane Japiashvili, illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces near the village of Kvemo Nikozi in the Gori municipality, have been freed and are in the territory controlled by the central government.

According to the State Security Service of Georgia, in the process of releasing Aleksi Mamulia and Ivane Japiashvili from illegal detention, both the “hotline” mechanism operated by the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and all relevant instruments at the disposal of the central government were actively used.

“The occupying force bears responsibility for all destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the occupation line.

The central government continues to work actively to release all citizens of Georgia illegally detained in the occupied territories.

The central government, together with international partners, continues to work actively to release all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the occupied territories," reads the statement.