Anonymous ID: 4c50fb Dec. 22, 2019, 11 a.m. No.7590345   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0576 >>0646

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>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48437792

 

Georgia ex-leader Saakashvili has Ukrainian citizenship restored

 

Ukraine's new president has given citizenship back to former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili almost two years after it was removed.

 

Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian elected as president last month, made the change in a decree on Tuesday.

 

His predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, appointed Saakashvili as governor of Ukraine's Odessa region in 2015.

 

But relations soured, and the former Georgian president was later deported and had his citizenship taken away.

 

Following the announcement on Tuesday, Mr Saakashvili wrote on Facebook: "Thank you President Zelensky! Glory to Ukraine!"