State Security Service: Fridon Fakauri, illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces in the area surrounding Zemo Artsevi, is free

Fridon Fakauri, who was illegally detained in the area surrounding the village of Zemo Artsevi occupied by the Russian occupation forces, is free and is in the territory controlled by the central government. The State Security Service disseminates information about this.

The agency notes that in the process of releasing Fridon Fakauri from illegal detention, both the "hotline" mechanism operated by the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia and all the relevant tools at the disposal of the central government were actively used.

"Responsibility for all destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the occupation line rests with the occupying power.

The central government, together with international partners, continues to actively work to release all citizens of Georgia who are illegally imprisoned in the occupied territories", - it is noted in the information disseminated by the State Security Service.