Georgian PM rules out possibility of talks with opposition

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has ruled out the possibility of talks with the opposition amid protests in the country.

"No negotiations," he said on December 2 at a press conference that was broadcast on the website of Georgian television's Channel One.

According to Kobakhidze, Georgia is a country with strong state institutions and revolution is impossible in it.

At the same time, he expressed regret that international structures do not react properly to the facts of violence on the part of protesters against law enforcement officers.

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Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the protests in Georgia an attempt to rock the situation in the country. In his opinion, what is happening in the republic resembles the Ukrainian Maidan. At the same time, Peskov emphasized that Russia did not interfere in Georgia's internal affairs.

On November 28, the ruling Georgian Dream party decided to suspend negotiations with the European Union on joining the association until 2028. On the same day, a wave of protests broke out in the country, which have been going on for the fourth day.

On November 30, protesters tried to set fire to the parliament building, damaging dozens of offices. At the same time, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili refused to step down when her term expires at the end of December. In response, Kobakhidze warned that she would be required by law to leave office.