Georgia | Mikhail Kavelashvili sworn in as President - video Dailymotion

*Military buildup set as irreversible policy in North Korea. teleSUR

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00:00In Georgia, Mikhail Kavelashvili was sworn in on Sunday as president after being elected

00:05by a parliamentary majority on December 14, 2024.

00:09The swearing-in ceremony took place in the Georgian parliament attended by deputies,

00:14religious leaders, and the heads of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts.

00:18Mikhail Kavelashvili became the first president in the country to be elected not by popular

00:23vote but by electoral college, a voting in which opposition parties did not participate

00:28before they said the procedure was flawed.

00:31Prior to Kavelashvili's inauguration, former President Saddam Zalabishvili left the presidential

00:37residence despite having threatened to remain in power.

00:42And in North Korea, the authorities announced the implementation of a tougher strategy against

00:49the United States following its growing military cooperation with South Korea and Japan.

00:55South Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set a new task to cope with increasing military

01:00provocations by Washington and its vassal forces against the Democratic People's Republic

01:05of Korea.

01:07Officials said they have been banking on accelerated progress in defense science and technology

01:12to firmly defend the country's inviolable sovereign rights.

01:16In late November, Kim blamed the U.S. for being the ringleader of the disruptors of

01:20peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, so he set military build-up as one of his

01:26irreversible policies.