Georgia, Tbilisi, May 2/ Trend , N. Kirtskhalia/
Leader of Alliance for Georgia Irakli Alasania confirmed his readiness to launch dialogue with the government representatives during the meeting with the EU special representative for South Caucasus Peter Semnebi.
"I confirmed at the meeting that we are ready to listen to government's arguments. Our chief demand is for Saakashvili to step down," he told reporters.
Alasania said he is "ready to give arguments for Saakashvili's resignation during the dialogue." "We expect the time and venue of the dialogue to be announced," he said.
He said the opposition will continue peaceful demonstrations.
Leader of Democratic Movement - Unified Georgia Nino Burjanadze turned out to be more radical. Burjanadze said she noted during the meeting that "Georgian authorities do not fulfill commitments undertaken to the EU". "We are being terrorized, the cases are not investigated and there will be no dialogue but one issue - Saakashvili's resignation," she said.
Burjanadze said "all resources of dialogue with the government have exhausted."
"We are ready to meet with anyone to explain that the reserves of dialogue have exhausted," she said.
She said the demonstrations will continue and will become even larger.
Semnebi welcomed Georgian government's initiatives to proceed with democratic reforms and recommended the opposition to sit at table of talks.
"These are interesting initiatives which aim to change electoral code and governance system in the country. They can be matter of debate between Georgian government and opposition," he said.
Semnebi said "the street is not a place to solve problems and there is no alternative to dialogue." "The European Union favors constructive dialogue and what is happening today must not continue," Semnebi said.
EU representatives said "opposition must take into consideration the fact that the government has not impeded demonstrations so far."