Georgia Arrests 107 Protesters Over EU Talks Delay

• Georgia arrested 107 protesters over the government’s decision to delay EU membership talks.

• Protests sparked by the ruling Georgian Dream party’s fraudulent parliamentary election victory.

• The Interior Ministry attributed the arrests to “disobedience to lawful police orders and petty hooliganism.”

• Protesters threw various objects at law enforcement officers, with 10 employees of the ministry of internal affairs injured.

• Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement on Thursday that Georgia will not seek EU accession talks until 2028 sparked protests.

• Kobakhidze accused the opposition and EU Ambassador to Georgia of distorting his words and emphasized membership in the bloc “by 2030.”