As part of the presentation of the investment potential of the Republic of Abkhazia in Italy, a protocol of intentions was signed in Bari between Sukhum, the Association Europe-Abkhazia and one of the Italian cities.

The regional office of the Italian Agriculture Confederation (CIA) hosted the inauguration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Abkhazia in Italy, which was registered this year.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation Igor Akhba received Adik Arshba, appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Abkhazia in Rostov-on-Don.

The head of the Information and Analytical Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, Timur Shanava, took part in the work of the round table "Strengthening of NATO's Military Presence in the Black Sea Region. National security of the Republic of Abkhazia." The event was held at the Abkhaz State University.

On April 25, the 45th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Gal.

On April 24, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Kan Taniya held a meeting with MSc of Leiden University(Holland) Ramesh Ganohariti. Ramesh Ganohariti was interested in the practice of applying dual citizenship in the Republic of Abkhazia, and in particular, how the law on dual citizenship is implemented at the practical and legislative level, how the rights of the citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia abroad are protected, and what disadvantages exist in the issue of dual citizenship. The topic of the thesis of Ramesh Ganohariti is: "Politics and the law of dual citizenship in partially recognized states".

On April 19, 2017, the Committee of the Deputy Ministers of the Council of Europe considered the 15th consolidated report on the "conflict in Georgia" prepared by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, in which serious human rights violations are noted in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

On 18-19 April, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a working visit to the Republic of Abkhazia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the occasion of the Day of the Declaration of Independence.

Recently, the "angry" statements of Georgian officials – starting from officials of the Georgian Foreign Ministry to the President - in connection with the upcoming working visit of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the Republic of Abkhazia have increased. It was said about the "illegality" of the Russian Foreign Ministry's visit to Abkhazia and, of course, about the "territorial integrity of Georgia".