Kakhaber Natadze and Mamuka Chkhikvadze, illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces, are free

Kakhaber Natadze and Mamuka Chkhikvadze, illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces, are free and are in the territory controlled by the central government. The State Security Service disseminates information about this.

According to the agency, the "hotline" mechanism was actively used in the process of releasing Kakhaber Natadze and Mamuka Chkhikvadze from illegal imprisonment.

"The issue of the immediate release of Kakhaber Natadze and Mamuka Chkhikvadze from illegal detention was regularly raised by the central government of Georgia in the formats of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) and Geneva international discussions.

The central government of Georgia provided information to international partners on a permanent basis.

As a result of the intensive dialogue conducted within the framework of the existing negotiation formats and instruments, Kakhaber Natadze and Mamuka Chkhikvadze returned to their families.

The central government of Georgia uses all mechanisms at its disposal to release illegally detained Georgian citizens.

The occupying power bears full responsibility for the destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions and along the occupation line," the information reads.

For information, the representatives of the occupation forces arrested Mamuka Chkhikvadze and Kakhaber Natadze in December 2021.