Georgia president to hold talks with European ministers about ‘how to save country’ after mass protests – Europe live

Salome Zourabichvili, a critic of Georgia’s government, is to meet European politicians after controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill sparks huge demonstrations

Georgia’s president, Salome Zourabichvili, a critic of the government, spoke today alongside visiting foreign ministers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Iceland, who travelled to Tbilisi to show support for Georgians calling for a pro-European, democratic future for their country.

“This society indeed stands on the values which are European values: democracy, freedom,” Zourabichvili said, stressing that Georgia has always fought for independence and “will never go back to the Russian hands.”