ITAR-TASS: Maxim Gvindzhia appointed Abkhazian foreign minister
posted by circassiankama on March, 2010 as Abkhazia
Maxim Gvindzhia appointed Abkhazian foreign minister
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Friday, 26 February 2010 12:08
SUKHUM, February 26 (Itar-Tass) --
Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh on Friday appointed Maxim Gvindzhia
the country’s foreign minister.
Gvindzhia, 34, graduated from the
Gorlovka State Institute of Foreign Languages, Ukraine in 1998. He
joined the Abkhazian diplomatic corps in 1999. He was deputy foreign
minister from March 2004 and Abkhazia’s envoy to the Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) from 2005.
Gvindzhia is the youngest minister in
the Abkhazian government. Under the Abkhazian laws, the country’s
cabinet resigned on February 13 when the newly elected president,
Sergei Bagapsh, took office. On the same day, the president ...
STATEMENT BY ABKHAZ PRESIDENT SERGEI BAGAPSH ON GEORGIA’S ATTEMPTS TO THWART NGO WORK IN THE REPUBLIC OF ABKHAZIA
The Georgia State
Ministry for Reintegration is currently pressuring NGOs working in
Abkhazia not to sign documents with the Republic‘s Government that
would establish a legal framework for them to operate in this country.
This untoward and unauthorized political maneuvering – a clear
interference in our internal affairs – could unnecessarily disrupt NGO
humanitarian services from 12 international organizations to thousands
of innocent civilians.
The Republic of Abkhazia
has been negotiating in good faith with NGOs operating in our country
for a year and a half to establish a legal framework that would enable
them to continue their much-needed work here. Since the dissolution of
the Moscow Agreement of 1994, in ...
Abkhazia will respond to potential aggression from Georgia
Should
Georgia challenge Abkhazia’s independence, the republic knows how to
react, Abkhazian president Sergey Bagapsh told RT. He also spoke about
a Russian military base and the republic’s international aspirations.
RT:
Your meeting with President Medvedev resulted in the signing of several
treaties. What help is Abkhazia expecting to receive from Russia?
SB: We
signed ten documents, most of them of an economic nature. I think the
most important ones were the documents concerning the development of
transport infrastructure: construction of our airport and its
operation, maritime traffic, roads, railways… These are the directions
in which any economy should move, and Abkhazia is not an exception
here. We signed an agreement on the Emergencies Ministry activities –
rescue work on land and ...
Vladislav
Ardzinba, who became the first president of Abkhazia after a bloody
conflict with Georgia in early 1990s, died in a Moscow hospital
Wednesday.
Ardzinba was born in Abkhazia and spend most of his life there.
During the final years of the Soviet Union, he was a politician and a
people’s deputy from the autonomous area.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he led the Abkhaz
Defense Committee, and due to his leadership qualities played a crucial
role in securing Abkhazia’s victory against Georgian forces at a time
when the region was fighting for its independence from Tbilisi.
PRESIDENT
SERGEY BAGAPSH HEADS STATE COMMISSION FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE FUNERAL
OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ABKHAZIA VLADISLAV ARDZINBA
04/03/2010 12:40 ABKHAZIA, SUKHUM
The President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh heads the state commission for
organization of the funeral of the first President of the Republic of
Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba.
Now
Bagapsh is holding a meeting. In the near future the state commission
for organization of the funeral together with Vladislav Ardzinba's
family will decide upon the date of burying and other mourning issues.
On
the President’s instructions Prime Minister Sergey Shamba was sent to
Moscow, Christian Bzhania, the governmental information department head
told journalists.
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