Georgian ex-President Saakashvili toasts appointment to Ukraine reform role

FILE PHOTO: Georgia's former President Mikheil Saakashvili speaks with journalists after his meeting with members of Ukraine's Servant of the People parliament fraction in Kiev, Ukraine April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, was appointed on Thursday to a senior role at an advisory body on reforms chaired by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The move marks another political comeback for one of the post-Soviet world's most recognisable politicians, although it was not immediately clear how much influence Saakashvili would be able to exert over Zelenskiy's administration.