“I am ready for a lot when I know that the country's interest is worth ... Since this issue remains on the agenda again, I must say that my position on pardoning Mikhail Saakashvili is firm and unchanging: no and never ... I will never return to this question, ”she said, RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
As the agency writes, before the briefing, Zurabishvili met with the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II and the Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze, as well as the head of the EU Delegation to Georgia Karl Harzel and the US Deputy Ambassador to Tbilisi Ryan Harker Haris.
On October 1, the Georgian authorities announced that the ex-president was detained on the territory of the republic.
The trial of one of Saakashvili's cases is scheduled for November 10.
As the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili stated, early release of Saakashvili from prison is impossible.
According to him, the ex-president will be in prison for at least six years.