Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Grigory Karasin, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on his birthday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note of condolences to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in connection with the crash of an airliner on the west coast of Java, which caused the death of 189 passengers.

It is said: 25 years from the Victory Day in the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia. This year, one of the most important holidays in the history of the Abkhaz state took place on September 30, the people of Abkhazia celebrated the 25-th anniversary of Victory Day in the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia.

The regular consultations took place in Moscow within the framework of the foreign policy coordination mechanism established by the Memorandum between the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia and the Russian Foreign Ministry of March 11, 2015.

Border Police denied entry into the territory of the Republic of Moldova for Ruslan Ladaria, the head of the Administration of the Gudauta region of the Republic of Abkhazia who was to Transdniestria by transit way for celebrating the Day of the city of Dubossary on October 23, 2018. The entry was also denied for Garry Kupalba, the Head of the Official Representation of the PMR in the Republic of Abkhazia.

Zaur Gvadzhava, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia made a reception on the occasion of the 25-th anniversary of Victory Day, the 10-th anniversary of the recognition of Abkhazia by the Russian Federation and the day of the armed forces of the Republic of Abkhazia on October 18, 2018. Reception was held at the hotel Gran Melia Caracas.

The conference entitled “The Severity of History — Regional Conflicts and Legality in Eastern Europe” was held in Berlin, organized by the Center for Eastern European and International Studies, Herder Institute and Leibniz Institute on October 17,2018.

More than ten people were killed, many persons were injured in the result of the explosion at the Polytechnic College of the city of Kerch (Republic of Crimea, Russian Federation) on October 17,2018.

On October 12, 1999, the People’s Assembly - the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted the State Independence Act following a nationwide referendum which was held on October 3, 1999, at which 97.7% of the population voted for the Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted on November 26, 1994.

The 45-th Round of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the Caucasus were held on October 9-10, 2018.The Discussion was attended by the 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.