TBILISI, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze have reached a preliminary agreement on the release of opposition members detained during the course of recent protests in the country.

The meeting took place late on Tuesday in the president's Shavnabada residence outside Tbilisi.

"In my opinion, they [the detainees] will soon be with their families" Gachechiladze told journalists.

The opposition has been holding round-the-clock protests since April 9 demanding the president resign over his failure to carry out democratic reforms and over last August's disastrous war with Russia.

Gachechiladze also said that the protests, which have been ongoing for two months, would continue.