SUKHUM, August 16. /TASS/. The meeting of the Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska gives hope for progress in relations between the countries. This opinion was expressed to TASS by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Oleg Bartsits, commenting on the meeting.

August 12, 2025. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Zaur Gvadzhava, at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, took part in a gala event dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Iran. The event was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Bartsits congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ivan Eduardo Gil Pinto on his birthday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Bartsits took part in a ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to volunteers in Gudauta.

A memorial site with a thematic banner dedicated to the beginning of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia 1992-1993 was opened in Tiraspol near the building of the Official Representative Office of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

On August 14, a telephone conversation took place between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Odissei Bigvava and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Elbakiyev.

On August 12, 2025, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Zaur Gvadzhava, at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, took part in a meeting chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil Pinto, during which a new attempt by the government of the United States of America to destabilize the situation in Venezuela was discussed.

Today, August 14, marked 33 years since the beginning of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia 1992-1993. The leadership and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia took part in the flowers laying ceremony at the Memorial to those killed in the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia 1992-1993 in the Park of Glory in Sukhum.

Official commentary by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, head of the Abkhazian delegation to the International Discussions on Stability and Security in Transcaucasia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Odissei Bigvava on the statement by the Prime Minister of Georgia Iraklii Kobakhidze.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note of condolence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in connection with the 17th anniversary of the tragic events of August 2008.

17 years ago, on the night of August 7-8, 2008, the world witnessed a horrific military adventure by the Georgian Armed Forces, who subjected the peacefully sleeping town of Tskhinval to massive artillery shelling and assault. This unprovoked aggression took the lives of hundreds of civilians, leaving a deep wound in the hearts of all residents of the region.

On August 8, an online working meeting was held between the head of the State Migration Service of the Republic of Abkhazia Said Tsvinariia and the head of the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Svetlana Pysina, organized by the Official Representative Office of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

At the invitation of the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in the Republic of Nicaragua, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to Nicaragua Inar Ladariia and Minister-Counselor Alyas Aiba took part in the ceremony dedicated to the bicentennial of independence of Bolivia.

On August 6, 2025, at the initiative of the Nicaraguan side, an online meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Bartsits and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua Waldrack Jaentschke, Advisor to the President of Nicaragua for the Promotion of Investment, Trade and International Cooperation Laureano Ortega Murillo, as well as representatives of business and banking circles of Nicaragua.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Bartsits congratulated the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Zaur Gvadzhava on his birthday.

On August 2–3, the International Festival of Art, Culture and Gastronomy was held in Managua, Republic of Nicaragua.

Alexander Vataman, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic took part in the ceremonial events dedicated to the 33-rd anniversary of the introduction of the Russian Federation Peacekeeping Forces into Pridnestrovie.

Oleg Bartsits, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia expressed condolences to George Hewitt, the Honorary Consul of Abkhazia in the UK, British scientist and expert on the Caucasus, holder of the Order of "Akhdz-Apsha" of the 2-nd degree in connection with the death of his wife Zaira Hiba.

Oleg Bartsits, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a congratulatory note to Ivan Gil Pinto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the occasion of the 15-th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

On July 21, 2025, as part of the official visit of Oleg Bartsits, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Nicaragua, a meeting of the official delegation of Abkhazia with the Chairman of the Central Bank, representatives of the Ministry of Finance and heads of a number of commercial banks of Nicaragua took place.