On 17 May, Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev participated in the official opening ceremony at the Embassy of Abkhazia in Moscow, the Russian Federation, upon the invitation from the Ambassador of Abkhazia in the RF I. A. Akhba. Official representative of the Russian MFA A. Nesterenko, Head of the CIS Department of the RF MFA A.S Kelin, Foreign Minister of Abkhazia M.Kh. Gvindzhia, Ambassador of Abkhazia in the RF, Russian MPs, heads of diplomatic missions of Nicaragua and Syria attended the ceremony.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia expressed the hope that "in the near future many flags of Abkhazia at the country's embassies will be raised in other countries".
In his turn, the official representative of the RF MFA A.Nesterenko stated to the journalists that the Russian side "hopes that the two countries' contacts will promote further development of bilateral relations".
