The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Daur Kove sent a congratulatory note to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on the occasion of the Diplomat’s day.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation Igor Akhba received charge d'affaire of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Russian Federation, Jose Gregorio Escalona.

On February 7 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia was held a meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Kan Tania and political advisers to the UN Representative Office at the Geneva discussions Irina Egorova and Abdukakhor Nurov.

The Foreign Minister Daur Kove congratulated the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation Igor Akhba on his birthday.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation Igor Akhba extended congratulations to Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor Alexander Orlov-Kretchmer on the occasion of his 70th anniversary.

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On January 31, the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia hosted a meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Kan Tania with the heads of international non-governmental organizations and specialized UN agencies that operate in the territory of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nauru.

On 25 January, the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia hosted a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Daur Kove and the UNHCR Regional Representative for the South Caucasus, Johannes Van Der Klaauw. The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Kan Tania, head of the Department for Interaction with International Organizations Artur Gaguliya and head of the UNHCR office in Abkhazia Aziz Rahdzho.

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 Mali in connection with numerous victims in the terrorist attack at a military camp in the town of Gao.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Daur Kove sent a congratulatory note to Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres in connection with his appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua.

The inauguration ceremony was held at the Revolution Square in Managua, capital of Nicaragua. Among the honored guests were the Presidents of Venezuela, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as heads of ministries and departments of other countries.

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 Delegation of the Republic of Abkhazia arrived on an official visit to the Republic of Nicaragua to attend the inauguration ceremony of the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Daur Kove awarded the medal "Pride of Russia".

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 Iraq in connection with a series of terrorist attacks that took place in the suburbs of Baghdad.

Congratulations were received from the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Abkhazia Semyon Grigoryev, the Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Vitaliy Ignatiev, the head of the Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan, the Ambassador of South Ossetia in Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev, heads of the embassies and representations of the Republic of Abkhazia abroad, international non-governmental organizations of the Republic of Abkhazia, as well as from the ministries and departments of Abkhazia.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Daur Kove received congratulations from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia hosted the ceremony of presentation of the medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia - "10th Anniversary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia".

The report on the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2016 was presented by the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia Laura Tania.