TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - The Georgian president planned to meet Monday with opposition forces who have demanded his resignation during a month of protests that have brought the capital to a standstill.

President Mikhail Saakashvili on Sunday agreed to demands for a meeting with his political opponents, less than a week after a violent clash between police and opposition protesters that left dozens injured.

Opposition forces who have led a campaign of mostly peaceful protests in Tbilisi have insisted the president step down, saying he backtracked on democratic promises and provoked Georgia’s disastrous war with Russia last year.

"Our demand remains unchanged - that is for Saakashvili to resign," opposition politician Georgy Khaindrava told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The protests that began April 9 have brought crippled the Georgian capital, blocking roads and obstructing entrances to government buildings.

Initially, the opposition drew tens of thousands of supporters, but public enthusiasm had waned until the violent clashes Wednesday injected new vigor into the opposition movement.

More than 10,000 people attended Saturday’s protest outside Parliament to call for Saakashvili’s resignation. A smaller crowd of around 3,000 gathered Sunday at the same spot.

Saakashvili, who has refused to step down before his term is up in 2013, is due to meet Monday with four members of Georgia’s disparate opposition coalition - Irakli Alasania, Levan Gachechiladze, Salome Zurabishvili and Kakha Shartava.

Nino Burdzhanadze, a former Saakashvili ally now among his most prominent opponents, declined to attend, saying she does not expect a positive outcome.

Experts said the opposition, which has been losing support due to its own divisions, has little choice politically but to maintain its key demand for Saakashvili to resign.

The resignation call "is the cement that binds them together," Tbilisi-based political analyst Soso Tsiskarishvili said.

Many Tbilisi residents are growing tired with the political impasse, and are increasingly irked by the disruptions to Tbilisi’s traffic.

National Security Adviser Eka Tkeshelashvili urged conciliation, saying the opposition should present a realistic strategy for resolving the political stalemate instead of insisting exclusively on the president’s resignation.

Many in Georgia’s opposition helped sweep Saakashvili to power in the 2003 Rose Revolution, but became disenchanted as they said the president’s policies have undermined the judiciary, stifled media freedom and failed to improve democracy in the former Soviet republic on the Black Sea.