Estonian president accepts prime minister's resignation

TALLINN, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Estonian President Alar Karis has accepted Prime Minister Kaja Kallas's resignation and started talks on forming a new government, said a press release from the president's office on Monday.

Kallas, who was nominated as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, handed in her formal resignation to Karis during a brief meeting at the Presidentia