On this day, 27 years ago, a helicopter was shot down by Georgian fascists over the village of Lata during a humanitarian flight from the besieged city of Tkuarchal. In this helicopter, innocent civilians, children, pregnant women, elderly people were looking for salvation from the horrors of war. More than eighty people, including 35 children and 8 pregnant women were victims of this monstrous crime.

On December 10-11, 2019, the 50th round of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in the Transcaucasus took place, in which representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of South Ossetia, Georgia, the Russian Federation and the United States co-chaired by the UN, OSCE and the EU.

The meeting of Daur Kove, the the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia with Andrey Rudenko, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was held at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 5, 2019.

The Abkhaz-Austrian Society established the “Commission for the Support of International Contacts of the Republic of Abkhazia” on December 3, 2019. The commission is headed by the General Committee of the Abkhaz-Austrian Society.  The main objective of the Abkhaz-Austrian Society is to promote the dialogue between Abkhazia and Austria in the field of cultural and humanitarian cooperation as well as the development of international contacts of Abkhazia.

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted the Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia 25 years ago on November 26, 1994. The fundamental law of the country is of crucial importance for the people of Abkhazia marked a new stage in the history of Abkhazian statehood.

The international conference "International Urban Mobility Dialogue" ended last week in Berlin. It was organized by Academus Berlin GmbH and brought together the representatives of administrations of different cities of the world as well as business, scientific communities and civic associations.

The 6-th regular Plenary Session of the Federation of Abkhazian Cultural Centers in the Republic of Turkey took place in the city of Adapazari (Sakarya) on November 16,2019.

The delegation of the Council of Young Diplomats (CYD) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, consisting of Astanda Pataraya, the Chairman of the CYD, Inar Ladariia, the Deputy Chairman of the CYD as well as Said Kakaliia and Valeria Tskua, the members of the CYD participates in the Third Global Forum of Young Diplomats at the invitation of the leadership of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meeting between Vitaliy Ignatiev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and Alexander Vataman, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the PMR was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR on November 14, 2019. The meeting was attended by Alexander Stetsyuk, the Deputy Minister.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to Igor Akhba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation on the occasion of the 11-th anniversary of the signing of the Decree on the Establishment of the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation.