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Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges Georgia to help former leader Saakashvili

FILE PHOTO: Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was convicted in absentia of abuse of power during his presidency and arrested upon his return from exile, holds a candle while praying for Ukraine in a defendant's dock during a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Georgia on Monday to allow its jailed former president to go abroad for treatment to safeguard his health.

Mikheil Saakashvili, president of ex-Soviet Georgia from 2004 to 2013, was initially credited with implementing reforms. He was later sentenced to six years in prison on abuse of power, charges his supporters say are politically motivated.

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