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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's prime minister has fired the foreign and defense ministers, two weeks after Kais Saied was elected the new president of the North African country.
According to a statement from the government presidency Tuesday, Defense Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi and Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui were dismissed by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
The two ministers were seen as being close to former President Beji Caid Essebsi, who died in July. Saied and Essebsi didn't see eye to eye politically.
Economic Diplomacy Minister Hatem Ferjani was also fired.
Intense negotiations are currently taking place for the formation of a new government.
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This story has been corrected to show that the Beji Caid Essebsi died in July, not June.
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