The fourth meeting of the Commission of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the delimitation of the state border and demarcation of the sea spaces between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation took place in Moscow on June 23-25, 2021.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia was perplexed by the statements of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of the Republic of Turkey regarding "the peaceful settlement of disputes between Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia within the framework of the territorial integrity of Georgia» made during the visit of Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia to Turkey.

Attention was drawn to the reaction in Tbilisi to the incident that took place on April 7 this year on the Inguri River, because of which four residents of the Gali and Tkuarchali districts of the Republic of Abkhazia were died.

We have paid attention to the comments and estimations, which appeared in various Russian mass media concerning detention of the citizen A.R. Avidzba by law enforcement bodies of the Republic of Abkhazia.

M. Kalyurand, head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the South Caucasus, issued a statement calling on the Russian Federation to "fulfill its international obligations and withdraw its recognition of Abkhazia's independence. MEP's statement was made in connection with and in support of the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the so called "Georgia vs. Russia" case related to the armed conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008.

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, speaking at the Paris School of Foreign Affairs conference, said that for him to question the right of a sovereign state to decide its own future is "almost a provocation."

As it became known from the speech of Georgian Defense Minister I. Garibashvili at the parliamentary hearings, in 2021 the Georgian military department plans to purchase a batch of reconnaissance and combat unmanned aerial vehicles. He added that Georgia has recently signed an agreement with Israel to upgrade and completely modernize Georgia's air defense system.

Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality suggested "expanding the platform of informal dialogue and cooperation with the Abkhaz and Ossetian communities, which would be based on common interests." According to her, Georgia has not stopped this dialogue in order to improve the legal and humanitarian situation of the population, including in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. Such a process, she believes, will be continued and become even more intense.

S. Zurabishvili, the Georgian President during her speech in the Parliament of Georgia on December 11, 2020 called on to search new approaches for rapprochement "with our Abkhaz and Ossetian population living in the occupied regions." In her view, Georgia should "seek ways to bridging with the peoples of the occupied regions - Abkhazia and South Ossetia."

We have considered the Appeal of the RPO "Aruaa" concerning the Concept of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Abkhazia, approved by Aslan Bzhania, the President on the 4-th of December this year. A number of claims are being made by Aruaa concerning the procedure of adoption of the Concept and its content, inter alia, regarding clause 2.3.