Chito Akhalkatsi and Gocha Mamagulashvili, who were illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces on April 30 near the village of Dvani, Kareli municipality, have been freed and are now in the territory controlled by the central Government.

“For their immediate release, both the hotline mechanism and all other tools at the disposal of the central Government were actively used.

Responsibility for all destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the occupation line rests with the occupying power.

The central Government, together with international partners, continues to work actively to release all citizens of Georgia who are illegally imprisoned in the occupied territories”, - reads the statement of the State Security Service of Georgia.