Georgian Vice PM’s press office dismisses Irakli Garibashvili’s letter as “complete nonsense”

The press office of Mamuka Mdinaradze, Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister and State Minister for Regional Policy Issues, on Tuesday dismissed a letter published by imprisoned former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili as “complete nonsense”, saying his claims were contradicted by the content of a letter circulated the previous day.

The press office made the comment to Imedi TV in response to Garibashvili’s recently published statement.

“What Irakli Garibashvili published is complete nonsense; it was ruled out by the content of the letter circulated yesterday itself”, the press office said.

Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday published a letter saying he had not committed a crime and had gone to prison because he did not want to harm the interests of the state and his political team.