OREANDA-NEWS. April 27, 2011. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov made a working visit to the Republic of Abkhazia on April 26.

During his visit, Lavrov held talks with President Sergei Bagapsh and other Abkhazian leaders to discuss further development of friendly bilateral relations based on full-blown interstate collaboration. The two parties noted the positive momentum in questions of assistance to Abkhazia in the socioeconomic sphere and of cooperation in international affairs and regional security.

As part of the visit, Sergey Lavrov met the commanders of the Border Guard Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service in Abkhazia and members of the Russian-speaking diaspora.

At the end of the visit, an intergovernmental agreement on the establishment and conditions of activity of information and cultural centers was signed. There was also an exchange of notes containing the notification of completion of the internal procedures required for the intergovernmental free-visa travel agreement to take effect.