President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko took part in the International Coffee Festival "Coffee Wave", which takes place on the embankment in Sukhum.
The President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba, and the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Sergey Kiriyenko, inspected the lighting of the Dioskurov Embankment during their working visit. Timur Agrba, the head of the Sukhum City Administration, took part in the inspection.
President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko visited the International Festival-Competition "Music of the Proud", which is taking place today, August 26, at Freedom Square in Sukhum.
In a telegram sent to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the Head of State noted the historical significance of the decision taken by the Russian Federation on August 26, 2008.
The President of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba, attends the concert of the International Festival-Competition "Music of the Proud", which takes place on Freedom Square.
President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko held a working meeting during which they discussed the current state and prospects of Abkhaz-Russian cooperation.
Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba, and the entire people of the Republic on the Day of International Recognition. He noted the high level of Russian-Abkhaz relations, emphasizing their strategic and allied nature, as well as Russia's continued interest in further strengthening cooperation and developing close ties between the two countries.
President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko took part in a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation who carried out a peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Abkhazia. The event was also attended by Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia Beslan Bigvava, Prime Minister Vladimir Delba and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Abkhazia Vyacheslav Gladkov.
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko arrived in Abkhazia on a working visit. At the Sukhum International Airport named after V.G. Ardzinba was met by the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba. 
On the Day of the International Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of Abkhazia, a flower-laying ceremony was held at the Memorial of the Second President of Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, in the village of Jgarda.
On the Day of the International Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of Abkhazia, a flower-laying ceremony was held at the Memorial of the First President Vladislav Ardzinba in the village of Nizhnyaya Eshera.
The laying ceremony was attended by President Badra Gunba, Prime Minister Vladimir Delba, Speaker of Parliament Lasha Ashuba, members of the Government, members of Parliament, Russian Ambassador to Abkhazia Vyacheslav Gladkov, Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan Andrei Nazarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev, war veterans, volunteers, and members of the public.On August 26, 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree recognizing the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia by the Russian Federation.

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