TBILISI, December 3. /TASS/. Nearly a third of the people who took part in the protests in Tbilisi are not from Georgia, Mamuka Mdinaradze, executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party, said.

"Thirty percent of the people who were identified at the protests in Tbilisi are citizens of other countries. What is going on? Can someone please explain this oddity?" he told a briefing.

The current wave of protests was sparked by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's statement on November 28 when he said that the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party had decided to postpone any talk about launching accession negotiations until late 2028 and decline any funding from the European Union. According to the premier, the decision comes after repeated attempts by the EU to blackmail Georgia with promises of launching the talks in exchange for Tbilisi revoking certain laws passed by the country’s parliament.