V. Malaniya, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia and M. Zukhba, the consultant of the Council of Young Diplomats to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia took part in the annual St. Petersburg International Youth Forum at the invitation of R.Yu. Abdulina, the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with NGOs of St. Petersburg from November 29 to December 2018. More than 1000 delegates from Russia and on 60 representatives of foreign countries took part in the Forum.

Daur Kove, the Foreign Minister of Abkhazia commented to Apsnypress on the results of the presidential elections held in Georgia on November 28,2018.

Daur Kove, the Foreign Minister met with Ryu Hyon Chol, the President of the DPRK Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of South Korea at the Abkhaz Foreign Ministry on November 28,2018.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to Denis Moncada Colindres, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua on the occasion of the jubilee.

The first Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia was created ten years ago. The Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation was established by the Decree of Sergey Bagapsh the President of the country on November 13, 2008.

The article “Abkhazia is a country of sports” was published in the state sports newspaper of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela EL LIDER (El Leader) on November 12, 2018.

A draft resolution has been prepared in the European Parliament, containing, inter alia, a call on the Georgian authorities to “extend the benefits” of an association agreement with the EU to the residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The action of humanitarian aid to Abkhazia was launched among the Turkish Abkhaz diaspora. The diaspora living in different cities of Germany joined it.

Daur Kove, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia congratulated Grigory Karasin, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on his birthday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note of condolences to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in connection with the crash of an airliner on the west coast of Java, which caused the death of 189 passengers.

It is said: 25 years from the Victory Day in the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia. This year, one of the most important holidays in the history of the Abkhaz state took place on September 30, the people of Abkhazia celebrated the 25-th anniversary of Victory Day in the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia.

The regular consultations took place in Moscow within the framework of the foreign policy coordination mechanism established by the Memorandum between the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia and the Russian Foreign Ministry of March 11, 2015.

Border Police denied entry into the territory of the Republic of Moldova for Ruslan Ladaria, the head of the Administration of the Gudauta region of the Republic of Abkhazia who was to Transdniestria by transit way for celebrating the Day of the city of Dubossary on October 23, 2018. The entry was also denied for Garry Kupalba, the Head of the Official Representation of the PMR in the Republic of Abkhazia.

Zaur Gvadzhava, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia made a reception on the occasion of the 25-th anniversary of Victory Day, the 10-th anniversary of the recognition of Abkhazia by the Russian Federation and the day of the armed forces of the Republic of Abkhazia on October 18, 2018. Reception was held at the hotel Gran Melia Caracas.

The conference entitled “The Severity of History — Regional Conflicts and Legality in Eastern Europe” was held in Berlin, organized by the Center for Eastern European and International Studies, Herder Institute and Leibniz Institute on October 17,2018.

More than ten people were killed, many persons were injured in the result of the explosion at the Polytechnic College of the city of Kerch (Republic of Crimea, Russian Federation) on October 17,2018.

On October 12, 1999, the People’s Assembly - the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted the State Independence Act following a nationwide referendum which was held on October 3, 1999, at which 97.7% of the population voted for the Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted on November 26, 1994.

The 45-th Round of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the Caucasus were held on October 9-10, 2018.The Discussion was attended by the representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of South Ossetia, Georgia, the Russian Federation and the United States co-chaired by the UN, OSCE and the EU.

Daur Kove, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia met with Dmitry Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia at the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia on October 3, 2018. The meeting was also attended by Vissarion Aplia, the head of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church.

The 20-th anniversary of Victory and Independence Day celebrates on September 30 in the Republic of Abkhazia. The leadership and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia took part in the ceremony of laying wreaths at the Memorial of Glory in the city of Sukhum as well as at the grave of Vladislav Ardzinba, the First President of the Republic of Abkhazia in the village of Eschera.