Georgia: Anti -government Protests Of Pro -European Demonstrators Continue

In Georgia, shares that began in protest against the government’s decision to suspend European integration until 2028.

On the seventh night of demonstrations near the Georgian parliament building with the flags of Georgia and the European Union, thousands of demonstrators gathered again.

Promotion participants chanted anti -government slogans, blocked the movement on Shota Rustaveli Avenue and incurred bonfires.

A police cordons were placed near the action area, special forces strengthened security measures. There were also watermark vehicles designed to suppress the riots.

The leaders of the opposition parties participating in the protest rally called on the public not to disperse.

The police searched the offices of some opposition parties

On the eve of the Georgian police conducted searches in the offices of opposition parties.

Director of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Teimuraz Kupatadze said at a briefing that seven people were detained during the searches who were accused of organizing violence.

He also said that law enforcement officers seized helmets, gas masks, pyrotechnics in large quantities, electrical devices, computer equipment, the so -called Molotov cocktails, paint, different solutions from parties offices.

Protest shares began in Tbilisi and other cities of Georgia after the statement of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that the republic will not begin to negotiate in the EU until the end of 2028.

On November 28, Kobahidze said that some European politicians intervene in the internal affairs of Georgia and blackmail Tbilisi with grants. “Taking all this into account, we decided not to raise the question of the start of negotiations with the EU for discussion until the end of 2028,” said the head of the Georgian government.

In protest against the decision of the government, residents of other cities entered the streets.

Georgian media write that after the government’s decision to suspend European integration of Georgian ambassadors in the USA, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Bulgaria and South Korea, they resigned from their posts.

The US State Department announced the suspension of strategic relations with Georgia.

The new Supreme EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of Kai Callas announced the support of demonstrators protesting against the decision of the Prime Minister of Georgia Kobahidze to suspend negotiations on European integration.

Baltic countries also introduced a ban on entering some senior representatives of the Georgian government.

Jeremy Lawrence, the official representative of the UN High Commissioner of the Human Rights, called on the authorities to “respect the rights to peaceful meetings” after the police repeatedly applied tear gas during demonstrations in Georgia.