The message reads, in part:
“Over the past years, the forum has earned a reputation of a respected venue for open, constructive dialogue of government officials, business and expert communities of the two countries on current issues pertaining to the development of strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia.
The current meeting’s agenda includes issues of stepping up our cooperation in such important and mutually advantageous areas as trade, agriculture and tourism, and support of meaningful contacts in science, education and culture.
I hope that the solutions worked out by the forum will be applied in practice and will contribute to the effective fulfilment of the large potential of our cooperation.”