Georgian Foreign Minister Maja Panjikidze resigned on Wednesday over what she called threats to the ex-Soviet republic’s pro-Western policies, deepening a crisis in the coalition government.
A junior minister overseeing integration with Europe also quit, a day after Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili fired his Western-leaning defence minister and one of the six parties in the ruling Georgian Dream coalition threatened to pull out.
The Free Democrats’ departure would strip the coalition of a majority in parliament, increasing political instability in the country of 4.5 million which is crossed by pipelines that carry Caspian oil and gas from Azerbaijan to Europe.
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Source: Voice of America
