Combating corruption is our priority and that every offence will be met with an appropriate response, said the Mayor of Tbilisi, while commenting on the arrest of a Tbilservice Group employee on bribery charges.

"Fighting corruption is our priority. Implementing preventive measures is very important. No one will be pardoned for crimes or unlawful actions. Every crime will be met with an appropriate response", - said Kakha Kaladze.

Regarding a specific media outlet`s question about whether investigative agencies have any queries for him, he noted: "Throughout all these years, you`ve been deliberately insulting me, you`ve crossed every red line. You could have presented at least one fact suggesting that either I or any of my colleagues have been implicated in a crime. During this time, you`ve been fed information against me so you could spread nonsense. Then you would come rushing to me, claiming that my team members had supposedly supplied you with information to create stories against me on some fabricated topics. You were doing this to sow discord within the team. I`ll also say that we have more sense than that, and we make decisions that are important for the future".

Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance arrested the Chief Specialist of the Municipal Regional Monitoring Service at the Internal Control Department of Tbilservis Group LLC on bribery charges following investigative operations.