Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia
Incumbent
Irakli Tuzhba (acting)
since 18 November 2021
AppointerPresident of Abkhazia
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation17 May 1993
Websitehttp://mfaapsny.org/en/
Politics of Abkhazia
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People's Assembly
Speaker
Valery Kvarchia
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Diplomatic missions of / in Abkhazia
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The office of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia was created on 17 May 1993, during the 1992–1993 war with Georgia.[1] Empirical data nevertheless show that Abkhazia's Foreign Ministry also enacts (mostly low-level) diplomatic relations, such as the sending of diplomatic notes,[2] with various countries across the world, including Nauru, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Syria. It is also active in managing relations with other post-Soviet de facto states such as South Ossetia, Transnistria, and the Lugansk People's Republic.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mfa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pacher, Andreas (2019). "The diplomacy of post-Soviet de facto states: Ontological security under stigma". International Relations. 33 (4): 563–585. doi:10.1177/0047117819856397. ISSN 0047-1178. S2CID 197716843.
  3. ^ Comai, Giorgio (2017). "Quantitative Analysis of Web Content in Support of Qualitative Research. Examples from the Study of Post-Soviet De Facto States". Studies of Transition States and Societies. 9 (1): 14–34. ISSN 1736-8758.