Tunisia dismisses foreign, defense ministers

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16:1929/10/2019, Tuesday
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FILE PHOTO: President Beji Caid Essebsi (R) meets with Prime Minister-designate Youssef Chahed in Tunis,Tunisia August 3, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: President Beji Caid Essebsi (R) meets with Prime Minister-designate Youssef Chahed in Tunis,Tunisia August 3, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has dismissed the foreign and defense ministers after consultation with the newly elected President Kais Saied, a statement on the presidency's website said on Tuesday.

Chahed has appointed Karim Jamoussi, the justice minister, as acting defence minister, and Sabri Bachtabji as the acting foreign minister, the statement said.

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