By Margarita Antidze
Georgia’s foreign minister quit on Wednesday and one of six parties in the ruling coalition pulled out, depriving it of a parliamentary majority in a rift over the pace of integration with the West.
Foreign Minister Maya Panjikidze, who cited threats to Georgia’s pro-Western course, and a junior minister resigned following the dismissal of the former Soviet republic’s pro-Western defence minister by Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili.
Garibashvili said he remained committed to closer ties with the West.
But the defection of the Free Democrats, led by sacked minister Irakly Alasania, from the Georgian Dream coalition increases political instability in the country …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
