In connection with the joint declaration issued following the 10th trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, held on June 8 in Istanbul, we declare the following.

On June 9, 2026, a meeting was held in Ankara between the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Turkey, Ibrahim Avidzba, the President of the Federation of Abkhazian Cultural Centers in Turkey, Yauz Atryshba, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Turkey, Sergey Vershinin.

The latest biased resolution on refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, adopted on June 4, 2026, at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, represents a purely political gesture, completely detached from real concern for human rights. It is the result of coordinated pressure from the collective West, which is striving by any means necessary to artificially keep the Georgian agenda in the spotlight.

On June 4, 2026, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia between Deputy Foreign Minister Odissei Bigvava and the Co-Chairs of the International Discussions on Security and Stability in the Transcaucasia: UN Co-Chair Khaled Khiari, EU Co-Chair Magdalena Grono, and OSCE Co-Chair Christoph Ernst Špäti.

On May 30–31, a major international conference, "The End of 500 Years of Colonialism: Toward a Dialogue of Civilizations" is taking place in Berlin. The conference is dedicated to discussing the formation of a new international security and development architecture, strengthening equitable dialogue among civilizations, and the role of countries in the emerging world order.

Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on the Day of Adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia has drawn attention to recent public statements by Georgia's top political leadership and clergy during the commemorative events in Tbilisi. These repeated declarations of "impending unification" and "reconciliation" couched in peaceful rhetoric, may appear to outside observers and the international community as a desire for peace. However, in Abkhazia, these veiled statements are perceived solely through the prism of real threats and the historical experience of our people.

During a working visit to Moscow, Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia met with Dmitry Savelyev, State Duma Deputy from the United Russia party, member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, and General Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy. Valeria Manovitskaya, coordinator of the Center's branch in Abkhazia also participated in the meeting.

During his working visit to Russia, Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia participated in the unveiling ceremony of a monument to Khimtsa Gudzhovich Tarba, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and a soldier from Abkhazia who died in 1941 in the Leningrad Region. The ceremony took place at the Michurinskaya Secondary Comprehensive School in the village of Michurinskoye in the Priozersky District of the Leningrad Region.

On May 22, 2018, Ibrahim Avidzba, Plenipotentiary Representative of Abkhazia to Turkey met with the mothers of soldiers who fell in the 1992-1993 Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia and female veterans visiting Turkey as part of the Abkhaz delegation at the Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Turkey. The meeting was also attended by members of the delegation: Bastakua Agrba and Astamur Bagatelia, Deputy Chairmen of the State Committee of the Republic of Abkhazia for Repatriation; Tengiz Ankvab, Deputy Director of the Repatriation Fund; Irina Lasuria, Chief Specialist of the General Department; and Narsou Salakaya, Member of the People's Assembly-Parliament.

The staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, led by Irakli Tuzhba, Deputy Foreign Minister participated in a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Muhajirs on the Sukhum embankment.

A meeting was held in the Russian Federation between Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, and Jesús Rafael Salazar Velázquez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Russian Federation and concurrently to the Republic of Abkhazia at the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia.

On May 22, 2018, Ibrahim Avidzba, Plenipotentiary Representative of Abkhazia to Turkey met with the mothers of soldiers who fell in the 1992-1993 Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia and female veterans visiting Turkey as part of the Abkhaz delegation at the Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Turkey. The meeting was also attended by members of the delegation: Bastakua Agrba and Astamur Bagatelia, Deputy Chairmen of the State Committee of the Republic of Abkhazia for Repatriation; Tengiz Ankvab, Deputy Director of the Repatriation Fund; Irina Lasuria, Chief Specialist of the General Department; and Narsou Salakaya, Member of the People's Assembly-Parliament.

May 21 is Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Caucasian War. Commemorative events dedicated to this day will be held today.

Irakli Vakhtangovich Tuzhba has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic 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 Republic of South Ossetia on the occasion of Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Zara Tragedy.

On May 19, 2026, Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in a ceremony commemorating to the 223-rd anniversary of Haiti's National Flag Day at the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti.

On May 19, Oleg Bartsits, Foreign Minister met with Andrey Sergeev, Chairman of the Board of the National Fund for Support of Social Programs and Taimuraz Tadtayev, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia at the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation. Odyssey Bigvava, Deputy Foreign Minister and Alkhas Kvitsinia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to Russia participated in the meeting. Oleg Bartsits awarded Andrey Sergeev a Certificate of Gratitude from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his long-standing support of initiatives aimed at developing of Abkhaz-Russian cooperation. In the context of developing Abkhaz-South Ossetian relations, in a conversation with Taimuraz Tadtayev, the Minister noted the importance of strengthening cooperation between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia in various areas, including interparliamentary cooperation. The meeting took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

On May 19, a meeting between Oleg Bartsits, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, and Mikhail Galuzin, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation took place at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ahead of the 67-th round of the International Discussions on Security and Stability in the Caucasus (IDS).

Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in a ceremony commemorating the 131-st anniversary of the birth of Augusto S. Sandino, General of Free Men and Women at the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.