The 47-th round of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus which was attended by the representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of South Ossetia, Georgia, the Russian Federation and the United States under the co-chairmanship of the UN, OSCE and the EU took place on April 2-3 April 2019 in Geneva. The delegation of the Republic of Abkhazia was headed by Daur Kove, the Foreign Minister.

The meeting of Kove D.V. and Lavrov S.V., the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation was held on April 1,2019.

Vito Grittani, the Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia had the meeting with Juan Rodriguez Díaz, the Ambassador of Venezuela to Italy at the Embassy of Venezuela in Italy on March 8,2019.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia will visit Moscow at the invitation of Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on a working visit on April 1,2018.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs met with a the UNHCR delegation at the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia on March 27,2019. The delegation includes Pascal Moreau, the Director of the European Bureau, UNHCR; Francois Renault, the head of the European Bureau of the UNHCR; Johannes Van der Klaauw, the regional representative of the UNHCR in the South Caucasus; Yoko Akasaka, the deputy regional representative of the UNHCR in the South Caucasus.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Oleg Botsiev, the Ambassador of South Ossetia in the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of his anniversary.

In the information space there has never been a lack of tendentious publications devoted to Abkhazia. The existing reality is fed into them exclusively in dark colors and extremely subjective. Often the source of such publications are Georgian or sympathetic information resources. But often they appear on neutral Internet resources.

Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General who arrived in Tbilisi to familiarize himself with the course of the command and staff exercises of Georgia and NATO, made a number of statements urging Russia to withdraw recognition of Abkhazia’s independence, stressing the North Atlantic Alliance’s sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.

The National Security and Defense of the Council of Ukraine imposed sanctions on the legal entities and individuals including a number of citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia on March 20,2019 who participated as the observers at elections in the Donbas.  

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the occasion of his birthday.

Congratulations were received from Raul Khadzhimba, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia; Valery Bganba, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia; Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Vitaly Ignatiev, the Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; Dmitry Medoev, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia; Alexei Dvinyanin, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Abkhazia; Igor Akhba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation Abkhazia as well as from the Ministries and Departments of Abkhazia.

Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation congratulated Daura Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of his birthday.

Dear Daur Vadimovich! We cordially congratulate you on behalf of the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of your birthday!

Igor Akhba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation and Avtandil Gartskiya, the Minister of Tourism visited the pavilion "Abkhazia" of the international tourist exhibition Mitt opened at the Expo Center at Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment. Igor Akhba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation and Avtandil Gartskiya, the Minister of Tourism visited the pavilion "Abkhazia" of the international tourist exhibition Mitt opened at the Expo Center at Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment.

Igor Akhba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation was awarded a high state award - the Order of Friendship by the Decree of Anatoly Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Abkhazia to Alexei Dvinyanin on the occasion of his birthday.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Vadim Kharaziya, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Republic of Turkey on the 25-th anniversary of the establishment of the Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Republic of Turkey.

Vito Grittani comes from Italy from the city of Bari. For a long time, he lived in Germany, and now he is a citizen of Abkhazia. Since his appointment in August 2016 as ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia in Italy he has been conducting competent and painstaking diplomatic work, providing all possible humanitarian assistance.

Zaur Guadzhava, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela met with Jaoska Calderon, the Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on February 27, 2019.

Irakli Tuzhba, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia met with the representatives of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) non-governmental humanitarian organization in the South Caucasus at the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia on February 26,2018. The organization was represented by Vincent Donto, the DRC Director in the South Caucasus and the DRC program manager in Abkhazia, Blerim Muhaxheri. The meeting was also attended by Victoria Malaniya, the officer of the Department for Cooperation with International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.