The president of Georgia's breakaway region says he will call fresh elections to end a standoff with protesters who stormed the parliament building. Locals are angry over a deal with Moscow allowing Russians to buy land.

MOSCOW, Nov 16 (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 in the separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia stormed the parliament building to demand the region's president step down and reject an investment agreement that could benefit wealthy Russians.

Police and hundreds of demonstrators have clashed in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact to allow Russians to buy property there

Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and demanded the resignation of its leader over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

Protesters in the breakaway Georgia region of Abkhazia have stormed parliament and the presidential complex after the government planned to approve a controversial pro-Russia bill. The bill, which would have legalised Russian investment and land ownership,

A truck rammed the gates of parliament in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia as hundreds protested against an investment agreement with Moscow. People were shown pouring into the courtyard and attempting to enter the parliament building.

Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition politicians demanded the resignation of the self-styled president over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.