Two Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the village of Tsitelubani in Gori municipality are free and are in the territory controlled by the central government, the State Security Service reports.

“All relevant instruments at the disposal of the central government were actively used in the process of releasing illegally detained Georgian citizens, including the “hotline” operated by the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM).

The State Security Service continues to work actively to release all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the occupied territories,” reads the information.