Пета протестна нощ в Грузия – haroonabadvital.com
Georgia is witnessing the fifth consecutive night of protests against the decision The government intends to halt negotiations to join the European Union, Euronews reported.
In a press conference with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Jolie expressed Canada’s solidarity with the Georgian people and said they ““We are very concerned about what Russia is trying to do in Georgia.”
source: EPA/BGNES
The three Baltic states announced this on Sunday National sanctions will be imposed against them “Those who participate in the suppression of legitimate protests in Georgia.”
Jolie said Canada would follow Canada’s lead and “impose sanctions on key individuals as well as companies and organizations involved in human rights abuses or corruption” based on its own sanctions regime.
This comes after demonstrators returned to the steps of the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi on Monday for the fifth night of demonstrations after the government, which was condemned by its critics for allegedly tampering with the results of the victory. I decided to cut off the path to European Union membership.
The Georgian President called on the European Union to help
Russia is accused of waging a hybrid war
They are protesters They threw stones at the police, to which law enforcement officers responded with water cannons.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported this on Monday 224 demonstrators were arrested on administrative charges and three He was arrested on criminal charges. 113 police officers were injured and three others were taken to hospital after clashes with demonstrators.
This was said by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who expressed her support for the protests Many of the arrested demonstrators were injured. Some of them were beaten by police officers.
On the social media platform X This was said by the pro-European head of state “This is an assault on freedom of expression and the right to protest, where basic rights are being violated, not to mention the way people are arrested and treated once they are in custody.”
Protest gradually It spread outside the capitalWith crowds taking to the streets of regional cities such as Batumi, Kutaisi and Rustavi. Schools and universities across the country also organized strikes and walkouts.
The Georgian Prime Minister refused to hold any negotiations with the demonstrators
The center of Tbilisi is once again filled with people
At a press conference at the government building on Monday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that the European integration process had not been delayed, but instead “It will continue with maximum intensity.”
The prime minister said the diplomats received “clear instructions that Georgia’s European integration process should continue with maximum intensity” during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry.
He said, “This is the truth. Everything else is just a lie deliberately spread by the extremist opposition and the media associated with it.”
Kobakhidze added that the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Pascal Allizard, wrote to Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili. On future cooperation after the first session of the new parliament.
He said the letter also confirmed this The elections were held under competitive conditions because they “provided citizens with a significant choice.”They were well organized and the candidates were free to campaign.”
The Georgian Prime Minister threatened that he would not allow the Maidan
Another protest is scheduled for tonight
