Georgia: 鈥榃e must work harder to find compromises鈥�
Georgia鈥檚 political parties need to do much more to work together, the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili has said.
鈥淲e have now to work even harder to go and find the compromises because that鈥檚 the way for Georgia, for the Georgian population and for all political parties,鈥� she told 91热爆 Hardtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur.
The country has been rocked by protests since the parliamentary election last October.
Georgia鈥檚 main opposition leader, Nika Melia, was arrested last month in a violent raid on his party鈥檚 headquarters.
He is accused of organising mass violence during anti-government protests in 2019. He denies the charges.
Prior to Mr Melia鈥檚 arrest, Giorgi Gakharia resigned as prime minister, citing concerns that the arrest would cause 鈥減olitical escalation.鈥�
Mr Gakharia鈥檚 replacement, Irakli Garibashvili, went ahead with the arrest, saying Mr Melia would "not manage to hide from justice".
