August 7, 2024 Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba introduced the new Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Shamba to the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.

On August 6, 2024, President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhaniia signed a Decree appointing Sergey Mironovich Shamba as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

On August 3-4, 2024, one of the largest international festivals in the Central American region, the International Festival of Art, Culture and Gastronomy, was held in the Republic of Nicaragua.

Acting Minister, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Odissei Bigvava congratulated the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Zaur Gvadzhava on his birthday.

At the invitation of the Director of the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, Dr. Imad Mustafa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic Muhammad Ali and the Embassy's Counselor, Consul Gais Al-Harki took part in a seminar dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Syrian-Russian relations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia received with deep regret the news of the death of the first Chairman of the Federation of Abkhazian Cultural Centers in Turkey, Feridun (Aksoy) Akusba.

On July 24, Acting Minister, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Odissei Bigvava held meetings with the widow of the former Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Republic of Bashkortostan Vadim Kove Valentina Tsargush and the widow of the former Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Republic of Adygea Rushni Butba Mziana Agukhava.

On July 21, at the invitation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Nicaragua Inara Ladariia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to Venezuela and Nicaragua concurrently Narim Kozaev visited the Embassy of Abkhazia in Nicaragua.

Inar Ladariia attended a festive concert dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders

Today, the holder of the III degree “Akhdz-Apsha” Order, 1st class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Chancery Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Larisa Shalvovna Mertskhulava celebrates her birthday.