Georgian citizens detained in Cyprus ask Georgian embassy for help

Four Georgian citizens were detained in Larnaka Airport in Cyprus. The incident took place on May 11. Shalva Spirov, one of the detainees, told InterPressNews that he asks the Georgian Embassy to assist them and explains that the border guards speak about "absurd reasons" of their detention.

“We arrived from Kutaisi on May 11. Currently, we are in the temporary detention isolator. We are told absurd reasons of detention. I requested the lawyer, and they told me jokingly that they are my lawyers. My relatives were told as if I did not buy a return ticket, but I have a ticket and money. Other detainees are told that they did not book a hotel to stay, however, they have booked the hotel and paid for it. I suggest they plan to deport us on Tuesday. I suffer from diabetes – I need a medicine and food. We do not have a drinking water, food. They brought us just a piece of pizza and a cup of coffee yesterday,” Shalva Spirov told InterPressNews.

He explained that he arrived in Cyprus to offer his sympathies to the family of his uncle, who has passed away.