The Center for Youth Support "The Future of Abkhazia" was launched at the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation. The Center will provide assistance to Abkhaz youth in terms of training and internships in Russia on a competitive basis. The mechanism of the Centre will work in parallel to the resources of Rossotrudnichestvo.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry reacted to the request of Inal Ardzinba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia to A. Guterres, UN Secretary General to grant Abkhazia observer status at the United Nations. 

On February 10, a working meeting was held between Alexander Vataman, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia to TMR, and Vitaly Yankovsky, Head of the Official Mission of the Republic of South Ossetia to TMR, and Alexander Korshunov, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria. The meeting was attended by Sergei Shirokov, foreign policy advisor to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the TMR.

Today in Moscow the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba met with the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev.

Italy hosted a conference on "The Right of Peoples to Self-Determination. Abkhazia and Great Europe".

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on the occasion of the celebration of the Diplomat’s Day of Russia.

Inal Ardzinba congratulated Vitaly Ignatiev on the Day of Diplomatic Service Officer of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

As part of the working trip to Moscow, Inal Ardzinba, Foreign Minister of Abkhazia met with Evgeny Primakov, the head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo).

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba gave an exclusive interview to Russia Today TV channel.

Inal Ardzinba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia and Alexei Borisov, the Vice-President of the World Federation of UN Associations, First Deputy Chairman of the UN Association of Russia met at the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation.