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Georgian president denies that he plans to split from coalition

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili during the swearing-in ceremony in November 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president has rejected suggestions that he is planning to set up his own political party, despite an apparent widening split between him and the government coalition.

Speculations of a possible new opposition party seeing the light of day

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Split widened between Georgia's president and government

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President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The conflict between the Georgian president and the government soured even more on Wednesday after the TV company Rustavi 2 exposed private correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the president’s administration.

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Georgian president cancels New York trip due to resistance

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili says there was ‘very serious organized work’ against his planned visit to the US. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili has canceled a planned trip to New York to attend the UN climate change summit, after weeks of squabbling with the government about who should represent the country.

The decision comes after the businessman

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Georgian businessman Ivanishvili criticizes president

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Palitra TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a rare interview, former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has criticized President Giorgi Margvelashvili for harming the country’s image.

Ivanishvili left politics after the presidential election in October, 2013. He said in an interview

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