January 2011

MFA of Abkhazia is concerned with another aggressive statement made by the President of Georgia Michael Saakashvili on the 25th of January which he made at the reestablished online Caucasian Channel “PIK”. In particular, the statement appeals to the Georgian nation to live the next year with the motto: “the next year will be celebrated at Sukhumi”. Saakashvili openly declared that his country is at war and due to the better organization Georgia...

MFA of the Republic of Abkhazia sent condolences to MFA of Russia.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia expressed the most sincere condolences to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia due to the act of terrorism which caused the loss of many lives.

President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh sent a letter of condolences to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.

“On behalf of the Abkhaz...

On the 24th of January Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Gundjia conducted a meeting with Simone Wolken, a new UNHCR Regional Representative for Southern Caucasus who replaced Peter Nicolaus. Minister thanked UNHCR representative for her work and expressed his hopes for the fruitful cooperation in future.
In her turn the Head of the UNHCR Mission expressed appreciation for the cooperation and support from the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia.
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Georgia: refugees from Abkhazia send in a reservation?

Within seventeen years which have passed since the Georgian-Abkhazian war has ended, almost two hundred thousand Georgian refugees were ready to leave, any day expecting returning home. And here there has come the long-awaited moment: the authorities of Georgia declared it that they can pack property and go to a way. But only not home, and in "reservation" - places specially taken away for them in...

Abkhazia thinks skeptically of the formula of the “communication without the recognition” which was the priority direction of the European Union.

Abkhazia thinks skeptically of the formula of the “communication without the recognition” which was chosen by EU as the priority direction towards the republic. It was announced today by Maksim Gudjia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

“Our attitude towards this...

Yanal Kazan
President / Abkhaz Alliance USA
January 4th, 2011

In response to a proposed Resolution by the United States Committee on Foreign Relations regarding the territorial integrity of Georgia, I have addressed the following latter to Senator J. Shaheen of New Hampshire who is sponsoring the Resolution Please allow me to tell you about myself.
I represented Abkhazia>s interest in the United States and at the United Nations from 1992...

On the 12th of January Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia conducted a meeting with the European Commission delegation which was organized due to resignation of the project manager Maria Van Ruiten.
The Minister thanked her for the support and fruitful cooperation and expressed hope that future European Commission's economic rehabilitation projects will continue to develop.

During the meeting the Minister was introduced to a new...