The vote was seen as a test for the ruling party after months of a standoff between the Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement.

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 12 percent year-on-year in January-August after contracting 5.6 percent in the same period last year.

The loan will allow Georgia to purchase 700,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccines, enough to inoculate around 300,000 people in the country of 3.7 million.