Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh had to cancel its trip to Turkey as he met with persistent objection from the Turkish Foreign Ministry not to do so.
Already displeased with news of the Abkhazian trip to Turkey, officials of the Turkish Foreign Ministry pressed Abkhazian officials in Sukhum, capital of Abkhazia, to cancel their plans of the trip that had been scheduled to October 17.
The Turkish officials were careful not to disturb Georgia with Bagapsh being allowed to meet with members of the Abkhazian Diaspora; therefore, the Turkish government tried first to alter the structure of the trip. Unable to do so, the government then sought cancellation of the trip.
Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba was contacted through the Turkish embassy in Tbilisi to cancel plans of the trip to Turkey between October 17 and 24.
