For the purpose of informing the public, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia would like to make an explanation with regard to the statement of the President of Georgia, according to which the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia by violation of the law on state secrets allegedly published the secret correspondence between the Chief Prosecutor’s office of Georgia and the President’s Administration. After analyzing the statement of the President of Georgia it becomes clear that indication on alleged disclosure of classified information by Prosecutor’s office of Georgia is far from reality and is groundless considering the following circumstances: Pursuant to the paragraph 2 of Article 33 of the Law of Georgia “On State Secrets”, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia conducts surveillance on the consequences of disclosure of state secret in the printed media and other means of mass-media. In the given case it is established that the data disseminated by the means of mass-media does not contain, considering its content, any kind of features that are required for the document to be considered as state secret. Therefore, there was no disclosure of state secrets, which is confirmed by the conclusion of the Counterintelligence Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. As regards the President’s statement on response of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to the consequences of disclosure of classified information by the Prosecutor’s office of Georgia, we would like to clarify that the mentioned issue does not contain any signs of crime and the response to the mentioned fact is beyond the competence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
