President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says frontier guards did right when they decided not to use arms against Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and former head of the Odesa regional state administration, and his supporters who illegally crossed the border at Shehyni checkpoint on September 10.
President Poroshenko gave the position on the eve of a meeting on the issue of the healthcare sector on Monday, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"I think our frontier guards who showed their best qualities during the antiterrorist operation did the right thing and did not use arms although they had every legal right to do so," he said.
President Poroshenko says the decision of the frontier guards prevented aggravation of the conflict.
The President says the incident at the state border is the business of law enforcement agencies now.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on September 10 evening, Saakashvili and his supporters, including Chair of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association party faction at the Ukrainian Parliament, Yuliya Tymoshenko, broke through a cordon of policemen and entered the Ukrainian territory through the Shehyni border checkpoint.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko considers that former chairperson of the Odesa Regional State Administration / leader of the New Forces Movement political party Mikheil Saakashvili and his supporters illegally crossed the Ukrainian border and promises to bring all the persons involved in this to responsibility.
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