Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Georgian protesters for waving his country’s flag during demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN reports.

“I want to thank everyone who held Ukrainian flags in the markets and streets of Georgia these days. I want to thank you for our national anthem that was sung in Tbilisi. This is respect for Ukraine, and I want to express my sincere respect for Georgia,” Zelenskyi said. “There is no such Ukrainian who would not wish success to our friend Georgia. Democratic success. European success,” Zelensky said.

Georgians have taken to the streets to protest against a law on “foreign agents” introduced by the ruling party, which many say is very similar to legislation currently in place in Russia.

Protesters say the law will push Georgia away from joining the European Union and NATO.

“We want to be in the European Union and we will be. We want Georgia to be in the European Union, and I am sure that it will be,” Zelenskyi continued. “We want Moldova to be in the European Union, and I am sure that it will happen. All the free peoples of Europe deserve this.”

Police in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi again fired tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades on Wednesday to disperse protesters who took to the streets for a second straight day against a “foreign agent” law that critics say is authoritarian and harmful Georgia. chances to strengthen ties with Europe, Reuters reports.

On Tuesday, parliament approved a bill in its first reading that would require any organizations that receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as “foreign agents” or face a hefty fine.

In the evening, thousands of people gathered near the country’s parliament, carrying the flags of Georgia, Ukraine and the EU and chanting “No to Russian laws.”

Reuters reporters heard the crowd singing or broadcasting the national anthems of Georgia, Ukraine and the European Union as people blocked traffic in front of parliament.