Situation in Georgia: Zurabishvili has vacated the presidential palace.

The opposition president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, will voluntarily leave the presidential palace. Meanwhile, Mikheil Kavelashvili has taken the oath in parliament.

This is reported by Echo of the Caucasus.

Zourabichvili addressed the participants of the rally gathered near the Orbeliani presidential palace.

"I want to tell you and give you a report – six years ago I took an oath on the Constitution, but even more so in loyalty to the country and loyalty to you, which is why I am here today and this loyalty will not change regardless of whether I am in the palace or outside of it. I will stand with you and be with you. I take with me the legitimacy, the flag, your trust," she stated.

She referred to the inauguration of the new president Mikheil Kavelashvili as a "parody." Zourabichvili and opposition politicians do not recognize Kavelashvili as the sixth president of Georgia.

Meanwhile, the inauguration of the newly elected president Mikheil Kavelashvili took place in the parliament of Georgia. He took the corresponding oath. Representatives from European countries and the USA were not invited to the inauguration.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that in the presidential elections in Georgia, a pro-Russian candidate emerged victorious, being the only participant. The current president Salome Zourabichvili announced that she would not leave her position as the elections are not legitimate.