Congratulations were received from the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Abkhazia Semyon Grigoryev, the Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Vitaliy Ignatiev, the head of the Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan, the Ambassador of South Ossetia in Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev, heads of the embassies and representations of the Republic of Abkhazia abroad, international non-governmental organizations of the Republic of Abkhazia, as well as from the ministries and departments of Abkhazia.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Daur Kove received congratulations from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia hosted the ceremony of presentation of the medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia - "10th Anniversary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia".

The report on the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2016 was presented by the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia Laura Tania.

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At the Sukhum Theological School at the Cathedral was held the opening of the photo exhibition "Orthodox Abkhazia". The exhibition was organized by the Abkhazian Orthodox Church Foundation, St. John Chrysostom and information photo agency "Abhazpress ART".

The event was attended by the Chairman of the Board - desk officer at the Department of Europe, the United States and Canada of the MFA of Abkhazia Astanda Pataraya, Vice-Chairmen - desk officers at the Department of Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Asia-Pacific of the MFA of Abkhazia Inar Ladariya and Victoria Malania.

On December 21, in the Russian Embassy building in Abkhazia was opened the mourning book on the reception of condolences at the tragic loss of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Turkey Andrey Karlov Gennadyevich.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note of condolence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in connection with the terrorist attack that took place on December 19 this year, in Ankara.

The Abkhaz Foreign Ministry held a briefing on the outcome of the 38th round of the Geneva discussions. The event was attended by the Deputy Foreign Minister Kan Tania, as well as Foreign Ministry officials Timur Shanava and Artur Gaguliya.

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 Turkey in connection with the attack occurred on December 17 in the city of Kayseri.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nauru on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

On December 1 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia was held a meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Kan Taniya with advisor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, member of the Russian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia Marat Kulakhmetov.

As agreed during recent talks of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia D.V. Kove with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, on November 30 2016, bilateral ministerial consultations were held in Moscow.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sent a note of condolence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil in connection with the death of people in a plane crash in Cerro Gordo (the municipality of La Unión, Colombia).

On November 20 were completed the command and staff exercises "NATO-Georgia 2016". The exercises were held in the Joint training and assessment center in the Center of support to the exercises and military education "Krtsanisi". The exercise was attended by more than 250 military personnel from 13 countries.

On November 16 the Committee of Deputy Ministers discussed the 14th consolidated report on the conflict in Georgia, which was prepared by the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland. Traditionally, the report notes the Council of Europe's commitment to Georgia's territorial integrity and inter-state relations between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation are characterized as "occupation" by Russia of Abkhazia. A significant part of the report is devoted to the discussion of the situation of human rights in the Republic of Abkhazia.

International Roundtable " Close and distant Syria" was organized by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Abkhazia in the conference hall of the hotel "Atrium Victoria".

According to the press-service of the Defense Ministry of Abkhazia on November 16 in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Abkhazia was held a meeting of the Defense Minister, General of the Army Mirab Kishmariya with Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Alexander Vataman.