The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia notes with concern reports of pressure on experts and human rights activists raising issues related to the rights of citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia.

For the leadership of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the priority area of foreign policy is promoting of international recognition of Abkhazia as an independent state, as well as the recognition of documents issued by the state bodies of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia considers it necessary to comment on the criminal case opened against Giorgi Baramidze, former Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister of Georgia in connection with his public statements regarding war crimes committed against the Abkhaz people during Georgia's armed aggression against the Republic of Abkhazia in 1992-1993.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia regrets the forced nature of the decision of the Republic of Nauru to terminate diplomatic relations with the Republic of Abkhazia, made under unprecedented and systematic external pressure.

Another educational project for schoolchildren was held in Georgia – a competition entitled "When I Return to Abkhazia."

In connection with the joint declaration issued following the 10th trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, held on June 8 in Istanbul, we declare the following.

The latest biased resolution on refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, adopted on June 4, 2026, at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, represents a purely political gesture, completely detached from real concern for human rights. It is the result of coordinated pressure from the collective West, which is striving by any means necessary to artificially keep the Georgian agenda in the spotlight.

Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on the Day of Adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia has drawn attention to recent public statements by Georgia's top political leadership and clergy during the commemorative events in Tbilisi. These repeated declarations of "impending unification" and "reconciliation" couched in peaceful rhetoric, may appear to outside observers and the international community as a desire for peace. However, in Abkhazia, these veiled statements are perceived solely through the prism of real threats and the historical experience of our people.

Today we celebrate the 33-rd anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia. On May 17, 1993, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted the Resolution "On the Establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia," signed by Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia, Vladislav Grigorievich Ardzinba.