For the leadership of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the priority area of foreign policy is promoting of international recognition of Abkhazia as an independent state, as well as the recognition of documents issued by the state bodies of the Republic of Abkhazia.

On August 6, 2026, at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture of the Syrian Arab Republic, Muhammad Ali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia attended the opening of the 2026 Syrian Summer Family Festival in the Damascus Citadel.

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 South Ossetia on the 18th anniversary of the beginning of Georgia's armed aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia considers it necessary to comment on the criminal case opened against Giorgi Baramidze, former Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister of Georgia in connection with his public statements regarding war crimes committed against the Abkhaz people during Georgia's armed aggression against the Republic of Abkhazia in 1992-1993.

On August 6, 2026, Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia held a working meeting with Adik Arshba, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Abkhazia in Rostov-on-Don.

With the support of the Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Syrian Arab Republic, Muhammad Ali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic, participated in the opening of ceremony of three specialized industrial exhibitions organized by the Mashhadani Industrial Group.

On August 4, 2026, an awards ceremony for the winners and runners-up of the Abkhazia Domino Championship was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, congratulated Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on his birthday.

On August 4, 2026, a meeting was held between Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, and Dmitry Savelyev, Director General of the Center for Public Diplomacy, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Participants in this stage included young representatives of the Abkhaz diaspora from Turkey and Germany, as well as students from boarding schools in the Republic of Abkhazia.