Georgia's president said Monday that mass pro-EU protests involving tens of thousands of people showed no sign of stopping after police fired water cannon and tear gas on a fourth night of demonstrations.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili vowed to defy the ruling party’s plan to replace her as riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters during a second night of demonstrations in the capital.

Police in Georgia fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters in Tbilisi, the capital, who opposed the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union, while some were detained,