We celebrate the Day of the Diplomatic Worker today. I sincerely congratulate the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the employees of the Embassies and overseas service as well as the veterans of the diplomatic service of the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of the 28-th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On 14 May, on the birthday of  Vladislav Ardzinba, the First President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Daur Kove, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia participated in a ceremony of laying flowers at the tomb of Vladislav Ardzinba in Eshera village.

Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation sent a congratulatory note to Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of the 76-th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The wreath-laying ceremony was held at the monument on May 8, on the occasion of the birthday of Yuri Voronov, an outstanding scientist, statesman, the Member of the «Akhdz-Apsha» Order of the 1-st degree.

Daur Kove, the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia congratulated the veterans of the Great Patriotic War on May 9 on the eve of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 on behalf of Bzhaniia A.G., the President of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs received the representatives of the ICRC mission in the Republic of Abkhazia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia on May 5, 2021.

The meeting was attended by: Kudimov Andrey Yurievich, the Head of the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia in the Republic of Abkhazia.

Bagrat Khutaba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to Syria met with Turki Ben Mahmoud al-Busaidi, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sultanate of Oman to Syria at the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Syrian Arab Republic on April 25, 2021.

We drew attention to the video message of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany to the participants in the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Angela Merkel expressed her concern over the situation in Belarus, in eastern Ukraine, in Crimea and in a number of other regions of the world, during her speech. “If we look at the external borders of Europe, it will become obvious to us that peace and security, stability as well as prosperity are not taken for granted today. The situation in Belarus, eastern Ukraine and Crimea, Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and, of course, Syria and Libya is more than alarming. There we see everywhere how fundamental rights and not least freedom of the press are under pressure, ” said Angela Merkel.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Compatriots Abroad of the Syrian Arab Republic on the 75-th anniversary of Independence Day.