Georgia will never be Russia, President Zourabichvili tells protesters Urging them to storm Parliament building

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili addressed the participants of a mass protest in the centre of Tbilisi.

She supported the people and called on them not to storm the Parliament building, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Zourabichvili emphasised that she was standing next to the rally participants.

"These protests are unusual, the whole world is watching us. Today's performance demonstrates the mood, attitude and determination of the people of Georgia. This is the greatest strength for us to win the long struggle that ends in the elections, that Georgia will never be Russia!", the president noted.

She also appealed to the "youth with a flame in their hearts" and asked them to stop the blockade and storming of the country's legislature.

"Leave the gates of parliament, nothing else is going on there, this law has already been passed in the second reading, and our struggle is no longer for this law. Our fight is through elections and through the cancellation of all those laws that have recently been passed by the government and that distance us from our European path. This is our goal," Zourabichvili said.

She added that today is Holy Week and called on the participants of the rally to "peacefully stand on Rustaveli Avenue and once again show the world what Georgia is, what Georgia can do and what the youth of Georgia is capable of."