Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba, Moscow, September 27, 2022
27 September 2022 16:17
2000-27-09-2022
Mr Inal Ardzinba,
We are delighted to see you in Moscow in the run-up to a regular meeting between the foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia.
We have established regular contacts. We met in December 2021 and had a practical discussion at that time. Today, we have a good opportunity to see how the agreements between our leaders are being carried out. An investment cooperation programme for 2023-2025 was approved not long ago. Preparations are underway to hold a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission for Socio-Economic Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia in November 2022. We have not met in person for some time, but the current epidemiological situation allows this.
We are looking forwards to receiving Lasha Ashuba, the new Speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia, in the near future. All this is related to our continuing cooperation in the economic and tourism areas. We are happy that tourist traffic continues to increase, and that it helps develop Abkhazia and expand our relations.
I hope that we will discuss the international situation today. We appreciate your principled position on issues linked with the causes of the crisis in Ukraine. We will continue to support the expansion of your international relations. In March 2022, Abkhazia and the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics recognised each other. We will support you in every way here.
Today, we will sign the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on Resolving Dual Citizenship Issues. This will benefit the citizens of Russia and Abkhazia and help expand contacts between people.
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