Regional development

A group of Turkish lawmakers has called on Ankara to recognize Abkhaz passports, restore direct maritime and air links, and consider recognizing Abkhazia’s independence.
Giorgi Zurabashvili, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, has been appointed the Georgian prime minister’s special representative for relations with Russia.
Economic cooperation can contribute to a political settlement only under the condition of full-fledged political and economic participation of Abkhazia as an equal subject
Adgur Ardzinba expresses readiness to economic transit and trade with Georgia under condition of equal and transparent partnership
The narratives of both Georgian Dream and Saakashvili are in fact pro-Russian, ultimately serving Russian interests.
Nika Gvaramia: If we want our jurisdiction to extend over Abkhazia again, we will have to make certain concessions. But on the condition of EU membership and the existence of a state named Georgia, with its constitutional coverage of Abkhazia.
A Georgian company imported up to 680 tonnes of fuel into Abkhazia; however, fuel supplies are currently temporarily suspended.