Tunisian Foreign Minister resigns

Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane has resigned from his post in the interim unity government amid tense consultations over a Cabinet reshuffle, the state news agency TAP reported yesterday. “I have decided to renounce my functions of Foreign...

Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane has resigned from his post in the interim unity government amid tense consultations over a Cabinet reshuffle, the state news agency TAP reported yesterday.

“I have decided to renounce my functions of Foreign Minister and I wish success to those who will take part in the government during this period of transition,” Mr Morjane was quoted as saying in a written statement.

US-educated Morjane was discredited because of his family links to ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and has been a leading member of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party, which has dominated Tunisia for decades.

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