The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia informs that entry into the territory of the republic through checkpoints is carried out without any restrictions in connection with the Order of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia dated of August 1, 2020 on recognizing as invalid the Order of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia dated of June 30, 2020. As for the entrance through the «Psou» checkpoint, both citizens of Abkhazia and Russia can cross it.

Bashar al-Assad, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic met with Bagrat Khutaba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic at the Presidential Palace on July 28, 2020.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to Masis Mayilyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh on the occasion of the 27-th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh.

NATO countries' «Sea Breeze 2020» military exercises started in the Black Sea on July 20,2020 in which the Georgian military personnel are also taking part. In total, 27 warships, 19 aircraft and 2,000 military personnel from Ukraine, Georgia and seven NATO member countries: the United States, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, France, Spain and Norway are participating in naval maneuvers.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia met with Igor Kagramanyan, the First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation at the Ministry of Health of Russia on July 20,2020.

Walid al Muallem, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic met with Bagrat Khutaba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic on July 21,2020 at the Syrian Foreign Ministry.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia received with deep sadness the news of the sudden death of an outstanding statesman and public figure Avidzba Vladimir Dzhamalovich, the Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Turkish Republic from 1994 to 2014, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia, honored journalist Abkhazia.

The video conference was held with Alba Azucena Torres Mejia, the Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to the Republic of Abkhazia on the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia on the eve of the 41-st anniversary of the Sandinista revolution in the Republic of Nicaragua on July 17,2020.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia met with Anna Popova, the Head of Rospotrebnadzor within the framework of a working visit to the Russian Federation (Moscow).

Daur Kove, the Abkhaz Foreign Minister, Igor Akhba, the Ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation and Renat Karchaa, the Assistant to the President of the Republic of Abkhazia for Strategic Communications met with Alexey Shaposhnikov, the Chairman of the Moscow City Duma on July 16, in Moscow.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, Igor Akhba , the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation and Renat Karchaa, the Assistant to the President of Abkhazia for Strategic Communications discussed the development of bilateral cooperation of the Republic Abkhazia and the Russian capital with Sergei Cheryomin, the Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of the Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations within the framework of a meeting.

Aslan Bzhaniia, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia signed the Decree on the appointment of Daur Vadimovich Kove as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The meeting between Bagrat Khutaba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic with Dr. Sami Salami, the Director of the Department and Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic took place at the Syrian Foreign Ministry on July 14, 2020.

As you know, RPO "Aruaa" issued a statement in which it appealed to Aslan Bzhania, the acting President of the Republic of Abkhazia to provide of the additional explanations regarding his vision of further prospects for building relationships with Georgia.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Gleb Nikitin, the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region,on conferring of the rank the «City of Labor Valor» to Nizhny Novgorod.

Information that the political party “For Truth” led by the writer Zakhar Prilepin, has presented an election program in which, in particular, it is proposed, through a referendum, to decide on the accession of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to the Russian Federation has appeared in a number of Russian media.

The meeting between Irakli Tuzhba, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Matthias Weinreich, the Head of the ICRC Mission in the Republic of Abkhazia took place at the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia on July 3,2020.

Georgy Gaharia, the Prime Minister of Georgia called the “Russian occupation” the main challenge for Georgia and its national security speaking in the parliament with an annual report. In his opinion, this is precisely the obstacle to the development of the country. In addition, G. Gaharia laid all responsibility for the situation in the "occupied territories" on Russia, which according to the Prime Minister of Georgia exercises "on-site control" there.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Yevgeny Primakov on the appointment as the Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of the Independent States compatriots living abroad and international humanitarian cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo).

The resolution “Cooperation with Georgia” was adopted at the request of the Georgian side within the framework of the 43-rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which almost completely repeats the content of the previous HRC resolutions on Georgia which have been adopted by the Council since 2017. We recall, that such documents of a purely recommendatory nature declare support for the territorial integrity of Georgia, express "serious concern" with the human rights situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, note the "facts" of discrimination against residents of border regions, condemn the so-called “Borderization process along the line of occupation”, etc.