The leadership and people of the Republic of Abkhazia are closely following the events unfolding in the Syrian Arab Republic.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs draws the attention of guests and tourists visiting or planning to visit the Republic of Abkhazia, as well as large travel companies and online resources, to the fact that the situation in the Republic is completely stable and calm.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia regards the events of November 15 as an attempted coup d'état. The events happened damage the international image of our country and negatively affects relations with our strategic ally, the Russian Federation.

Today, at approximately 03:20 pm, the Israeli Air Force carried out an attack from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, striking a number of residential buildings in the Mezzeh area of ​​Damascus and in the Qudssaya area in Damascus, killing fifteen people. Sixteen more people were wounded, including women and children. Residential buildings and adjacent buildings were seriously damaged.

According to the State Security Service of the Republic of Abkhazia, on October 16 this year, during a joint patrol of the Abkhaz-Georgian state border, employees of the State Security Service of Abkhazia and the Border Guard Directorate of the Russian FSB in Abkhazia in the area of the village of Bgoura in the Gali district discovered an unmanned aerial vehicle filming of the surrounding area and military facilities.

On October 11, in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on "Cooperation with Georgia", which once again reaffirms its commitment to the territorial integrity of Georgia, speaks of alleged "human rights violations" in the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia, and condemns the alleged "continuing illegal military presence" of Russia in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

On October 12, 1999, Vladislav Ardzinba, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Sokrat Dzhindzholiya, the Speaker of the People's Assembly and the deputies of the People's Assembly signed the Act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Abkhazia". This event was preceded by a referendum on October 3, 1999, according to the results of which 97.7% of the citizens of the country approved the current Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia, which the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted on November 26, 1994.

Yesterday, the Israeli Air Force launched an airstrike from the Golan Heights on a residential building in the Mezzeh area of Damascus. Diplomatic missions of various countries, including the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Syrian Arab Republic are located there. As a result of the attack, three civilians were killed and three more were wounded.

We have read the statement of Mayor Kakha Kaladze, the Secretary General of the ruling party "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia", Tbilisi that the Georgian authorities are proposing to Russia to take concrete measures after the words of Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister about their readiness to help in establishing of relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

We have read the statement by Irakli Kobakhidze, the Prime Minister of Georgia during his speech at the 79-th session of the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2024