Some three months after the Georgia-Russia conflict, the Georgian parliament has confirmed Grigol Mgaloblishvili as new prime minister, local media reports said Sunday, according to dpa. Mgaloblishvili, 35-year-old former ambassador to Turkey, was nominated for the post by President Mikheil Saakashvili last week after dismissing previous incumbent Lado Gurgenidze. The reports Sunday said the ministers of culture, environment, justice and housing had all been replaced, but the defence, foreign and interior ministers - seen as co-responsible for the ill-fated conflict - all remained. Saakashvili, who is facing increasing opposition over what is seen as his disastrous handling of the conflict with Russia, told media that Mgaloblishvili was a proponent of reuniting the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
