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On February 28 the NATO spokesman O. Lungesku made a statement in which she called on the authorities of Abkhazia not to close the crossing points on the state border with Georgia.
On February 25, the press service of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini issued a statement expressing "concern" about the planned closure of the two crossing points Bgoura (Otobaya) and Bataiguara (Nabakevi) at the state border on the Ingur River.
The Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia was amazed to learn the statement by the Special Representative of the Prime Minister of Georgia for relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze, which he made in an interview with the Tbilisi TV company "Starvision". Mr. Z. Abashidze expressed his "conviction" that Russia will sooner or later withdraw recognition of Abkhazia's independence.
We noticed the statement of the Georgian President G. Margvelashvili, which states that the Georgian law enforcement agencies have stopped the import of radioactive materials from the territory of Abkhazia.
On February 9, the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky allowed himself a number of incorrect statements addressed to the Republic of Abkhazia on the Russian TV channel "Russia 1".
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia noticed the information voiced by Georgian officials on the fact of damage to a monument of historical and cultural heritage during the construction of the range supposedly in the Tsebelda village of the Gulripsh district of Abkhazia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note of condolence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil in connection with the death of people in a plane crash in Cerro Gordo (the municipality of La Unión, Colombia).
On November 20 were completed the command and staff exercises "NATO-Georgia 2016". The exercises were held in the Joint training and assessment center in the Center of support to the exercises and military education "Krtsanisi". The exercise was attended by more than 250 military personnel from 13 countries.
On November 16 the Committee of Deputy Ministers discussed the 14th consolidated report on the conflict in Georgia, which was prepared by the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland.
Traditionally, the report notes the Council of Europe's commitment to Georgia's territorial integrity and inter-state relations between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation are characterized as "occupation" by Russia of Abkhazia. A significant part of the report is devoted to the discussion of the situation of human rights in the Republic of Abkhazia.