On the 18th anniversary of the international recognition of the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia, the leadership and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia honored the memory of Vladislav Ardzinba, the first President of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The leadership and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia participated in a flower-laying ceremony at the memorial to those who died in the 1992-1993 Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia in the Park of Glory in Sukhum in honor of the 18-th anniversary of the international recognition of the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Akhsar Dzhioyev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia sent a letter of gratitude to Khibla Amichba, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Federal Republic of Germany for her initiative in disseminating of objective information about the events of August 2008.

The delegation was met by Muhammad Ali, the Ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic, and staff of the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Syrian Arab Republic at the Damascus airport.

Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Waldrak Jentzke, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua on his birthday.

Today in Sukhuma, a farewell ceremony was held for Igor Muratovich Akhba, the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation.

Another joint statement, read by the representative of Latvia on behalf of a narrow group of Western states, is a familiar set of worn-out stamps and a demonstrative disregard of the historical and legal realities that have developed in the South Caucasus.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sadly announces that Igor Muratovich Akhba, a prominent statesman and diplomat of the Republic of Abkhazia and the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation passed away in Sukhum on August 18 at the age of 76 after a long and serious illness.

Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Garry Kupalba, Head of the Official Representation of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of Abkhazia on his birthday.

Today, August 14, marks 34 years since the start of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia (1992-1993).