Saakashvili neither to be expelled from Ukraine, nor to be arrested – Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Politician Mikheil Saakashvili will neither be expelled from Ukraine, nor will be arrested in connection with the border incident, which has occurred on September 10, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said.
"As prosecutor general I put it clearly to you: Saakashvili will not be arrested in this case, Saakashvili cannot be extradited from this country, unless he has a permanent residence certificate or other documents, which he has filed," the prosecutor general said in Kyiv on Saturday.
Saakashvili arrived in Ukraine on September 10. His supporters gathered at the Shehyni checkpoint and began a fight with border guards in the transit zone, helping Saakashvili and a group of other people, including five parliamentarians, illegally cross the border. Thirteen Ukrainian National Police officers and nine border guards were injured in the incident.
Some 69 protocols were completed by Ukraine's State Border Guard Service for the persons who illegally crossed the Shehyni checkpoint of the Poland-Ukraine border on September 10. They are charged with illegal crossing or trespassing across the state border under Article 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Fourteen participants – four journalists and 10 foreign citizens – returned to the checkpoint where they signed corresponding protocols. A protocol was also read out to Saakashvili.
