Cabinet Reshuffle Expected

An official has confirmed that a cabinet reshuffle is planned, but he gave no further details.

“As far as I know there will be changes in the cabinet,” Temur Iakobashvili, the state minister for reintegration issues, told journalists. He was, he said, unable to say if it would be a minor reshuffle or not.

“No radical changes are expected,” Giorgi Baramidze, the state minister for Euro-Atlantic integration issues, said. 

Some unconfirmed media reports say that the expected changes in the cabinet will involve several ministers, including Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili and Economy Minister Eka Sharashidze.