Georgian president delivers pro-EU message at opposition rally as election looms


  • World
  • Monday, 21 Oct 2024

Supporters of Georgia's pro-Western and pro-EU opposition groups hold a joint final campaign rally ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, Georgia October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili addressed a crowd of thousands at rally in the capital on Sunday, delivering a strong pro-EU message just days before a fiercely-contested parliamentary election.

The crowds gathered in Tbilisi's central square represented "a free Georgia", she said.

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