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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Estonia’s PM calls for new government talks as coalition collapses

Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s prime minister
Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s prime minister, said the agreement with the Centre party was over and ‘we’re going to form a new coalition’. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP

Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, has called for talks on a new government after her ruling coalition fell apart, urging unity because of security concerns over neighbouring Russia.

Kallas spoke to reporters after President Alar Karis accepted her request to dismiss seven Centre party ministers from the 15-strong cabinet, including the foreign minister, Eva-Maria Liimets.

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