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The evening began with the playing of the National Anthem of the Republic of Abkhazia. Those present observed a minute of silence to honor the memory of those who fell during the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia (1992–1993).
On September 5, 2026 at the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua, Zaur Gvadzhava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela attended a formal ceremony marking the 205-th anniversary of Central American
independence.
On September 10, 2026, a meeting took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua between Alyas Ayba, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Nicaragua, and Naur Khishba, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy, with Ivan Lara, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua.
A working meeting of the Abkhaz delegation, led by Oleg Bartsits, Foreign Minister was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Syrian Arab Republic.
On August 26, 2026, a trilateral meeting was held between Alexander Vataman, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; Dmitry Sorokin, Colonel, Senior Military Commander of the Russian Federation Peacekeeping Forces; and Vitaly Yankovsky, Head of the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
On August 26, 2026, Vadim Krasnoselsky met with Alexander Vataman, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the PMR, and Vitaly Yankovsky, the Head of the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the PMR, in the office of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. Vitaly Ignatyev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR also participated in the meeting.
A consultative meeting was held at the Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of Turkey with representatives of the Federation of Abkhaz Associations— Yavuz Ilkuchar (Atyrshba), Chairman, Shamil Zeren (Yashba), Secretary, General Board Members Bulent Barysh (Pechlia), Selda Oztaş (Byjpkha), and Dzhankat Yelkat (Ubykh), as well as Chairman of the Abkhaz Cultural Center "Daryeri" Atanur Aksoy (Akuspa)—and the initiative group "End the Isolation of Abkhazia," consisting of Cengiz Gul (Gogua), Anit Baba (Pabba), Ulvi Ozcan (Khukshi), Ahmet Babaoglu, Bilge Eken, and Dilara Tan (Kabypkha).
Nuri Khvartskiy, Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation attended a diplomatic reception organized by the Center for Public Diplomacy, which took place in Moscow as part of the presentation of a platform for Russian-African dialogue.
On August 8-9, the traditional annual summer cultural and gastronomic festival took place in Managua, Republic of Nicaragua, bringing together representatives from more than 40 countries.