“According to yesterday's statement by the director of the Vivamed clinic, the patient does not have a swallowing disorder or any other mechanism that may interfere with food intake.

The convict was offered parenteral nutrition, which he categorically refuses and declares that he will accept such nutrition only if he is transferred to the intensive care unit, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

The minister stressed that Saakashvili's physiological parameters remain within the normal range.

“In the end, this means that there are no objective reasons for transferring Mikheil Saakashvili to intensive care,” Bregadze said.

Earlier it was reported that Saakashvili would soon be transferred to the intensive care unit.