In Georgian breakaway Abkhazia, protesters refuse to leave parliament

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Black Sea port of Sukhumi (Sukhum), the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia September 8, 2024. REUTERS/Igor Onuchin/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Protesters in Georgia's Russia-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia declined on Saturday to leave the parliament building which they stormed the previous day, a departure proposed by the region's president as a condition for resigning.

Protesters had occupied the parliament in protest at an investment agreement between the Black Sea region and Moscow.