Talks between President Mikhail Saakashvili and the opposition leaders have ended with no breakthrough, local media reported Monday.
The meeting, which started on Monday afternoon in Georgia's capital city of Tbilisi, was the first of this kind between the two sides since Georgia's opposition began to rally regularly in Tbilisi in early April.
"He (Saakashvili) believes that everything is fine in the country, but we have a different opinion on that account," Russia's RIA Novosti news agency quoted Georgia's opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze as saying. The opposition has urged Saakashvili to resign, accusing the leader of having authoritarian tendencies and breaking his promise for political reforms.
Meanwhile, Saakashvili said in a televised address that he had agreed with the opposition leaders to continue dialogue, but it remains unknown when the two sides will meet again.
"We agreed on the fact that it is a step forward, that the dialogue should be continued...I have no illusions that we will reach agreement on all issues," Saakashvili said.
The more than two-hour meeting held behind closed doors involved Gachechiladze, who was a former presidential candidate, former Foreign Minister and Georgia's Way leader Salome Zourabichvili, former Georgian permanent representative to the United Nations and Alliance for Georgia leader Irakly Alasania, and National Forum leader Kakha Shartava, said the Itar-Tass news agency.
Georgian Parliament speaker David Bakradze and parliamentary majority leaders also attended the meeting.
The talks coincided with the ongoing NATO military drills in Georgia, which Russia regarded as provocative.
Source:Xinhua
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