The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia expresses its utmost
regret in connection with exclusion of Abkhazia from the list of countries invited
this year to the International Children’s Festival in the Republic of Turkey
celebrated on April 23 in commemoration of the first Grand National Assembly of
Turkey which was opened in Ankara in 1920 and was devoted to children.
Historic and cultural ties with the Republic of Turkey are highly appreciated
in Abkhazia and we welcome intensification of contacts and intercultural
communication between our peoples. The numerous Abkhaz and Caucasian
diaspora in Turkey was eagerly expecting arrival of the children from Abkhazia to
the festival, aimed at popularization of world peace. However, due to the efforts
of Georgia on politicizing this purely cultural event, the Abkhaz children’s dance
group was later excluded from the program of the festival, although previously its
participation had been announced on the official site of the festival. Unfortunately,
we have to conclude that the new leadership of Georgia too resorts to any available
means in order to isolate Abkhazia from cultural communication with the world.
In this regard the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia states
that no artificially created obstacles can prevent the process of intercultural
communication of peoples. We hope that the unfortunate fact of exclusion of the
Abkhaz children’s dance group from the program of the festival will not affect the
traditional bonds of friendship between the peoples of the Republic of Abkhazia
and the Republic of Turkey.
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