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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Saakashvili officially becomes governor, pledges to turn Odesa into 'global miracle'

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko personally presented former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (2004-2007) as new head of Odesa Regional State Administration in the city of Odesa, in the south of Ukraine, on May 30.

While presenting Saakashvili as new Odesa governor to the public, Petro Poroshenko said: "There will be no power of oligarchs in Ukraine. But there will be discipline in the country! These are the tasks I commission the new Odesa governor to do".

In addition, Poroshenko stressed that he had known Saakashvili for 25 years and believed that he would be a person who is eager to support Ukraine and Odesa."
The president also tweeted on Saturday that he had signed a presidential order to grant Ukrainian citizenship to Mikheil Saakashvili.



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