Chorchana checkpoint was the execution of a well-planned assignment, [Giorgi] Gakharia deliberately took steps to provoke military escalation. Such a comment made today Executive Secretary of the Georgian Dream, while responding to yesterday statements of Giorgi Gakharia at the parliamentary investigative commission’s session.

“I disagree that this was an ill-considered decision. It was the execution of a well-thought-out assignment aimed at military escalation.

We must not overlook this. Purpose of this step was military escalation. When you quietly take actions that formally, realistically, practically require keeping everyone informed, including international partners and security services, and then arbitrarily build a checkpoint according to someone’s instructions, while being perfectly aware of the potential consequences of such actions.

What followed was the only instance since 2012 when the occupation line encroached deeper into the rest of Georgia’s territory, but the goal was military escalation, and we narrowly avoided a great disaster.

Yesterday was the day of Gakharia’s unmasking. A lustration law and similar measures are no longer necessary. He has been fully uncovered as an agent. One of the most severe episodes, perhaps the most severe episode in his political life and agent activities, is when he deliberately took steps to provoke military escalation.

We escaped this, but we still suffered enormous negative consequences when the occupation border encroached into the rest of Georgia’s territory beyond the occupation line, which has not occurred in other cases”, - said Mamuka Mdinaradze.