Odesa Governor Saakashvili announces resignation

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Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili has stated that he is resigning from post, according to an UNIAN correspondent reporting from Saakashvili's briefing in Odesa.

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"I decided to resign and start a new stage of the struggle. I will not give up, and I will not get tired. They better not hope and expect to get rid of me,"Saakashvili said.

Read alsoEx-Kyiv mayor fails Georgia parliament vote as independent candidateAs UNIAN reported earlier, Saakashvili in May 2015 was appointed Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration.

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