Some aspects of the work of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia were touched upon during the speech of James Gilmore, the US Ambassador to the OSCE at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on November 12 this year.

We drew attention to the information that appeared in the media on the meeting of F. Guliyev, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia with R. Abashidze, the “head of the government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia”.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia met with Hussein Arnous, the Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic. The meeting was held at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia took part in the opening ceremony of an international conference to facilitate the return of the Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons who were forced to leave Syria as a result of the conflict.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia will take part in an international conference dedicated to the process of the return of the Syrian refugees at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic. The conference will take place from 11 to 12 November 2020 in Damascus.

S. Zurabishvili, the Georgian President again acted as the defender of the Abkhaz language, which is “under the threat of extinction”. Mrs. Zurabishvili is trying to assure the public that this problem is the most difficult and responsible for her. “I am responsible for protecting of the Abkhaz language as the president of Georgia and the guarantor of its constitution. Especially at a time when the Abkhaz language is included in the list of endangered languages by UNESCO,” Zurabishvili said.

We received with deep sorrow the news of the death of Taras Mironovich Shamba - an outstanding Abkhaz and Russian public and political figure, holder of the Akhdz-Apsha Order of the 1-st degree, laureate of the Dmitry Gulia State Prize, honorary lawyer of the Russian Federation, honored lawyer of Russia, President of the World Congress of Abkhaz-Abaza (Abaza) of the people (1992-2017).

Daur Kove, the Abkhaz Foreign Minister met with Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus on October 13,2020. The meeting was also attended by Björn Kuehne, the Political Adviser of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Emmanuel Anketil, the Political Adviser in the office of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus as well as Gottfried Hanne, the OSCE Political Adviser.

Irakli Tuzhba, the Deputy Foreign Minister received the representatives of the HALO Trust at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, including Smart Nicholas, the Regional Manager for the Caucasus and the Balkans as well as Esmet Zade, the program manager in Abkhazia on October 7,2020.

On October 6, Damascus hosted the grand opening of the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Syrian Arab Republic. The event was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Walid al Muallem, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Ayman Susan, Ambassadors of the Russian Federation, Venezuela accredited to the Syrian Arab Republic and Cuba.