First Vice Premier Beslan Dzhopua, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Abkhazia Aleksey Dvinyanin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia Oleg Botsiyev, Head of the Representative Office of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of Abkhazia Garri Kupalba and government officials also participated in the ceremony.