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We have drawn attention to the statement of the press secretary of the European External Action Service, which states that: "The European Union supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia recognized by international law. With regard to the so-called presidential elections that took place in the occupied Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia on 15 February 2025, we recall that the European Union does not recognize the constitutional and legal framework in which they were held. The EU will continue to pursue a policy of non-recognition and engagement."
Interview of S. Shamba, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia to the federal Russian online news publication News.ru
We have drawn attention to the publication on the website of the Into the Open Music Festival "Rituals" (Berlin) of information about the so-called "State Drama Theater of Sukhumi" and its performance within the framework of the festival.
In connection with the statement made by Oleg Bartsits, the candidate for President of the Republic of Abkhazia in an interview with Inal Khashig, the editor of the newspaper "Chegemskaya Pravda" that Igor Akhba, the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation "... no longer works at the Embassy...", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia informs that Igor Muratovich Akhba currently holds the position of Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation.
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.