Ex-PM Kvirikashvili says UNICEF study didn’t push his resignation

Former Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili says that it is ‘not serious’ to connect his resignation back in June 2018 with the UNICEF study that year which said that the children's poverty remained as one of the key issues for the country. 

• UNICEF: Children remain most vulnerable group in Georgian society

In a telephone interview with TV Pirveli yesterday Kvirikashvili refused to provide more details of his resignation.

• Learn more about Giorgi Kvirikashvili's career here. 

Kvirikashvili said that the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili did not interfere in his activities while in office.

However, he said that later, when Ivanishvili disliked something in his activities as the PM, he returned to politics as the head of the Georgian Dream party and he (Kvirikashvili) had to quit.

In 2018 Kvirikashvili said that the reason for his resignation was controversies ‘on economic and other fundamental issues’ with the Georgian Dream ruling party and the party head Bidzina Ivanishvili.