The president says she won't step down on Monday, when the newly elected president, Mikheil Kavelashvili, is due to take over.
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00:00Georgia's President Salome Zorabishvili has joined thousands of protesters in demonstrating
00:06against the government's decision to delay EU accession talks until 2028.
00:13Those gathered in the city's capital waved EU flags and formed human chains along the
00:18Muktvari River in a demonstration arranged to coincide with the one-month anniversary
00:24of the country's ongoing protests.
00:27But also comes a day ahead of the inauguration of Mikhail Kavlashvili, a loyalist of the
00:33Georgian Dream Party, as Georgia's new president.
00:39His election in October was deemed illegitimate by Zorabishvili and the pro-Western opposition.
00:46Zorabishvili has said she will defy the results of the legislative elections and remain in
00:52office after Monday.