Protestors pack streets in Georgia for third night after PM halts EU accession talks
Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, building barricades, breaking windows and setting off fireworks outside parliament to protest the government’s withdrawal from talks to join the Europe an Union.Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, to protest the government’s decision to not join the Europe an Union.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused the pro-EU opposition of plotting a revolution and the State Security Service said political parties were attempting to “overthrow the government by force.” By suspending the process, Kobakhidze’s Georgian Dream party “has rejected the opportunity for closer ties with Europe and made Georgia more vulnerable to the Kremlin,” the State Department said in a statement.These are the latest protests to occur since the anti-Western ruling party was elected last month in a contest that the pro-EU opposition has claimed was fixed.The government’s “various anti-democratic actions have violated the core tenets of our U.S.
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