On May 5, the Russian-Abkhaz Cross-Border Youth Forum began in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. A delegation from the Republic of Abkhazia, headed by Tarash Khagba, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Abkhazia for Youth and Sports is participating in the forum. The delegation includes Dzhemal Bganba, Head of the Department of Strategic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in the celebrations dedicated to Nicaragua's National Dignity Day at the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in Venezuela.

From April 20 to 30, 2026, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia completed a refresher course in "International Relations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia is accepting applications from citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia for admission to the Diplomatic Academy of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia for master's degree programs in the following areas:

On April 29, Alexander Vataman, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic met with fourth-year law students of the Pridnestrovian State University at the Official Representation of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

The published 2025 report by the State Security Service of Georgia is further proof of Georgia's inability to distance itself from the ideological dogmas of the past and objectively assess the current geopolitical realities. The document is a collection of decades-old politicized clichés and propaganda tropes aimed at discrediting of the sovereignty of the Republic of Abkhazia and deliberately distorting of the true causes of ongoing regional instability. The Georgian side continues to peddle the untenable thesis of "occupation," deliberately ignoring of the fact that relations between Sukhumi and Moscow are a full-fledged interstate partnership based on the free expression of the will of the Abkhaz people and their right to self-determination.

Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, congratulated Irakli Khintba, General Director of the F. A. Iskander State Russian Drama Theater on his birthday.

On April 27, 2026, Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in a conference at the invitation of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace.

On April 28, 2026, Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in a ceremony dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of strategic partnership relations between Russia and China at the invitation of Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Venezuela.

On April 27, Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, received representatives of the Center for Public Diplomacy: Valeria Manovitskaya, Deputy Executive Director and Head of the Department of Educational Projects, and Sofia Khagba, Manager of Educational and Cultural Projects.

On April 24, Oleg Bartsits, Foreign Minister met with Viktor Khashba, Chairman of the Rostov Abkhaz Diaspora NGO at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

On April 22, 2019, Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia participated in an event commemorating the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 organized by the Representative Office of the World Youth Festival in the Republic of Abkhazia.

At the invitation of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela participated in the celebrations marking the 216-th anniversary of the country's declaration of independence.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia has taken note of the statement by Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson regarding the consequences of Georgia's accession to the European Union and shares Russia's position on the consequences of Georgia's accession to the EU.

We carefully reviewed the special report by Freedom House, "Collaboration and Resistance: Tracking Transnational Repression to 2025." It's noteworthy that even organizations traditionally biased in favor of Tbilisi were forced to officially include Georgia in the list of violating states actively employing transnational repression tactics.

On April 19, 2026, the Russian Federation will observe a new commemorative date for the first time: Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

On April 14-15, Moscow hosted an International Scientific and Practical Conference on Electoral Process Observation and Analysis, organized by the Center for International Interaction and Cooperation with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund and the Public Council under Rossotrudnichestvo.

On April 10, 2026, the German-Russian Forum (Deutsch-Russisches Forum e.V.) Spring Academy event took place in Berlin in an atmosphere of vibrant cultural dialogue, marking the 250-th anniversary of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann's birth.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia expresses its deepest and sincere condolences in connection with the tragic consequences of the massive floods that struck the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on the occasion of Constitution Day of the Republic of South Ossetia.