Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Dr. Khaled Walid Abaza on his official assumption of office as the Mayor of Latakia.

On October 18, 2024, Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in the forum "BRICS: «A Multipolar World Under Construction» at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.

According to the State Security Service of the Republic of Abkhazia, on October 16 this year, during a joint patrol of the Abkhaz-Georgian state border, employees of the State Security Service of Abkhazia and the Border Guard Directorate of the Russian FSB in Abkhazia in the area of the village of Bgoura in the Gali district discovered an unmanned aerial vehicle filming of the surrounding area and military facilities.

A group of students from the Circassian diaspora living in the Syrian Arab Republic is going to study at the Abkhaz State University.

On October 14, at the invitation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nicaragua, Inar Ladaria, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Nicaragua and Alias Aiba, the Minister-Counselor of the Embassy took part in a ceremonial event dedicated to the 45-th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On October 11, in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on "Cooperation with Georgia", which once again reaffirms its commitment to the territorial integrity of Georgia, speaks of alleged "human rights violations" in the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia, and condemns the alleged "continuing illegal military presence" of Russia in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

On October 12, at the invitation of Javier Arrue, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Republic of Nicaragua, Inar Ladaria, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to Nicaragua took part in the opening of ceremony of the VIII Friendship of Peoples Softball Cup named after Hugo Chavez Frias, the President of Venezuela, Comandante.

On October 11, at the invitation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua, Inar Ladaria, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to Nicaragua and Alias Aiba, Minister-Counselor of the Embassy took part in a special session of the National Assembly, at which the country's main legislative body condemned the genocide in Palestine and asked the government of Nicaragua to sever diplomatic relations with the government of the State of Israel.

On October 12, 1999, Vladislav Ardzinba, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Sokrat Dzhindzholiya, the Speaker of the People's Assembly and the deputies of the People's Assembly signed the Act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Abkhazia". This event was preceded by a referendum on October 3, 1999, according to the results of which 97.7% of the citizens of the country approved the current Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia, which the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted on November 26, 1994.

At the invitation of the Embassy of the Holy See (Vatican) in Syria, Muhammad Ali, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to Syria took part in the ceremony on the occasion of the completion of the diplomatic missions of the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan and Armenia in Syria.

On October 9, 2018, Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia met with Cihan Sultanoglu, the Co-Chairs of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the Caucasus – UN, Viorel Mosanu, Co-Chair OSCE Co-Chair Political Advisor to the EU Co-Chair Gottfried Hanne. 

On October 9, 2019, Odyssey Bigvava, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia held a meeting with Cihan Sultanoglu, the Co-Chairs of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the Caucasus - UN Viorel Mosanu, Co-Chair OSCE Co-Chair and Gottfried Hanne, Political Advisor to the EU Co-Chair. 

Alyas Aiba, Counselor of the 2-nd class, Counselor-Envoy of the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Republic of Nicaragua has been awarded the diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 2-nd class.

Martin Tarkil was appointed as Head of Staff of the MFA by order of Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

A meeting was held in the office of the Moscow Abkhaz Diaspora, in which Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia and Alkhas Kvitsiniia, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation took part. The agenda of the event was the results of the meeting of Sergey Shamba with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov.

The Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia hosted a ceremony to award Alkhas Kvitsiniia, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Abkhazia to Russia with the Order of Friendship. The award was presented by Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia. The award ceremony was attended by Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Thank you very much... You yourself remembered the times when you and I established diplomatic relations between our countries and then after that we signed a Memorandum on cooperation between our ministries. This period, of course, was fateful for our people, because the dream of many generations of our people for independence came true.

At the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Honduras in Nicaragua, Inar Ladaria, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Abkhazia to Nicaragua and Alias ​​Aiba, the Minister-Counselor of the Embassy took part in a ceremony dedicated to the 232 nd anniversary of the birth of General Francisco Morazan Quesada, the national hero of Honduras.

From October 1-st to 4-th, the VIII Eurasian Forum of Young Diplomats is being held in Moscow as part of the New Generation program.

Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia left for Moscow on a working visit.