Abkhazian President Raul Khadzhimba has expressed confidence that his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad would pay a visit to the breakaway republic in the future.
SUKHUM (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th December, 2018) Abkhazian President Raul Khadzhimba has expressed confidence that his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad would pay a visit to the breakaway republic in the future.
"Yes, there was an invitation. And I am sure that such a visit will take place," Khadzhimba told Sputnik and the RT broadcaster in an interview, when asked whether the Syrian leader could be expected to visit the republic.
According to Khadzhimba, Abkhazia and Syria can develop cooperation in economy, medicine, education, tourism as well as agriculture and transport infrastructure.
On Thursday, the Abkhazian parliament ratified the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty, signed by the two countries in Damascus on September 4, during the Abkhazian leader's visit to Syria.
In May, Syria officially recognized the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which seceded from Georgia in the 1990s but are still considered by Tbilisi as part of the country. In June, Khadzhimba said that the two sides had launched the process of opening their embassies in Damascus and Sukhum respectively.
