Georgian Interior Ministry urged parents to remove their children from the rally of opposition supporters in Tbilisi

The Georgian Interior Ministry urged parents to remove their children from the rally of opposition supporters in Tbilisi. This is stated in a statement on the department's website on December 1.

"According to Georgian law, every child has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. However, the ongoing protests have repeatedly gone beyond peaceful assembly and taken a violent nature, so children at the demonstration are in an aggressive environment and there is a high risk of injury to them," the Interior Ministry press service informed.

The department noted that the media broadcast footage of young children at the ongoing rally.

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On that day, 48 rooms of the Georgian Parliament building were damaged as a result of attempts of protesters to set fire to the building. It is specified that almost all windows of the lower floors on the side of Chichinadze and Rustaveli avenues were broken, office equipment was damaged, a wooden door was burned, heating and cooling systems were destroyed, storage rooms, a computer laboratory were damaged and the canteen was completely destroyed. In addition, external lighting was cut off.

The day before, the Georgian Interior Ministry reported that the protesters attempted to set fire to the Parliament building. It was noted that because of the pyrotechnics used by the protesters, one employee of the Interior Ministry received burns. In addition, it was specified that the protesters damaged the protective iron fences of the building, after which they periodically tried to break the entrance gate to the Parliament and break into the courtyard.

Protests continue in Tbilisi over the suspension of negotiations on European integration. The protesters oppose the decision to postpone negotiations with the EU. The Georgian Interior Ministry reported that 32 police officers required medical assistance after the dispersal of unrest near the parliament building.

Before that, on November 28, the ruling Georgian Dream party decided to suspend discussions with the EU on opening accession talks with the union until 2028. As Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze specified, Georgia will continue to fulfill its obligations under the associated membership and free trade agreement and will fulfill them by 90% by 2028.