Istanbul – Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba of Abkhazia will be in Turkey on June 2 as a guest of the Caucasus-Abkhaz Solidarity Committee.
Shamba will attend some meetings both in Istanbul and Ankara to convey his country’s efforts to gain international recognition and he will later meet with members of the Abkhaz diaspora as well.
Abkhazia’s President Sergei Bagapsh’s trip to Turkey last October was cancelled when the Georgian diaspora placed pressure on the Turkish Foreign Ministry not to let him in the country. This is the first time since then that an Abkhazian senior official will be in Turkey.
According to information that the Chairman Irfan Argun of Caucasus-Abkhaz Solidarity Committee provided, Shamba will be in Istanbul on June 2. He will meet at 9 p.m. on the same day with representatives of the Abkhaz Diaspora in the building of the Caucasus-Abkhaz Cultural Association. He will respond to questions about what is going on around Abkhazia.
While Shamba will be en route to Ankara on June 3, he will stop by the villages that host the Abkhaz people. On June 4, Shamba will have a breakfast with journalists. He will also have a meeting with some academicians and think-tank institutions later in the day. Shamba will attend the Night of Abkhazia celebrations to be held at Hilton, Ankara, at 8 p.m. While he will be en route back to Istanbul on June 5, he will again stop by the villages that host the Abkhaz population. The Abkhazian Foreign Minister will return to his country on June 6. (Agency Caucasus)
