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

Speech by Sergey Shamba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, Doctor of Historical Sciences on the topic: «External factors of national security of Abkhazia» at the round table «Abkhazia in search of prospects for safe and stable development», organized by the Center for Social and Economic Research, September 19, 2024.

We took note of the recent statement by Bidzina Ivanishvili, Chairman of the ruling “Georgian Dream” party, that the Georgian authorities, after winning the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26, will find the strength to apologize for the fact that the “national movement” in 2008 “enveloped Ossetian sisters and brothers in flames.”

The sovereignty of Abkhazia has been recognized by five UN member states, as well as several republics with partially recognized or unrecognized status. Is the republic working on this issue with other members of the international community? Are there any contacts between the republic and the UN?

Sixteen years ago, the leadership of the Russian Federation made a fateful decision regarding our country. A decision that was predetermined by the centuries-old struggle of the people of Abkhazia for freedom and independence. On August 26, 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree recognizing the Republic of Abkhazia as a sovereign and independent state

We are closely monitoring the situation that is developing in the Kursk Region of the Russian Federation due to the attack by armed formations of Ukraine on the border settlements of the region. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded.