In Georgia, the protests that began after the government announced the suspension of negotiations with the European Union (EU) until the end of 2028.
Protests flashed after the statement of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze on the freezing of negotiations on the entry of the country to the EU to 4 years.
Disagreements with the decision of the government, protesters in the evening gathered at the parliament building in the center of Tbilisi.
Protest participants demanded the release of detainees on stocks, as well as holding new parliamentary elections. Demonstrators held the flags of the EU, Georgia and other countries, chanting anti -government slogans.
Protesters blocked the movement on Shota Rustaveli Avenue, but began to diverge after midnight.
Protest shares also took place in Batumi.
The government’s decision on the suspension of European integration
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, the ambassadors of Georgia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Bulgaria and South Korea resigned from their posts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the introduction of sanctions against 19 representatives of the Georgian authorities, including the Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the leader of the ruling party “Georgian Dream” Bidzina Ivanishvili. The US State Department also allowed the introduction of additional sanctions against Georgia.