Three Georgian citizens - an Orthodox priest Basil Kobakhidze, Malkhaz Songulashvili, head of the Georgian Baptist-Evangelist Church and Lado Gogiashvili, who were detained by Belarus security service in Minsk on March 20, were deported to Ukraine late on March 21.

Three citizens of Georgia were arrested in Minsk at the protest rally held by the Belarus opposition on March 20.

Tbilisi condemned the arrest of Georgians and described it as an expression of “anti-Georgian stance” of the Belarus authorities.