On October 8 in Sukhum City hotel "Inter-Sukhum" the opening ceremony of Russian-Abkhaz Fair-exhibition was held.

The welcoming speech was made by: First Vice-President of the Republic of Abkhazia Adzynba Shamil, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Abkhazia Otyrba Rafiq, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Abkhazia Yuri Aikin, first vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Abkhazia Lushba Adgur representative of ANO " Business Promotion Agency "Sula Alexey.

The list of participating companies from the Russian side consists of: The Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Abkhazia, ANO " Business Promotion Agency ", Chamber of Commerce and Industry  of the Stavropol Territory, LLC Company "Calorie Krasnodar Paradise (production and sale of dairy products), LLC" WILO RUS ", Moscow (production of pumps and pumping equipment for utilities and industry), LLC" Dialogue ", Krasnodar region (production of ingredients for the food industry."

Abkhaz participants were represented by: "Honey yard" Agrofirm "Lykhny" (tea production), LLC "Kodor" (production of drinking water), individual entrepreneur "Gifts of Abkhazia" (production of jams and honey), individual entrepreneur Kondzhariya A.D (alcoholic beverages), LLC "Drinks Abkhazia and Co" (alcoholic beverages), LLC JV "Ampa Lasha" (production of drinking water), Gulrypsh mechanized bakery  "Achababa" (bakery products) and others companies

Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Abkhazia  Rafik Otyrba noted that "today, the Abkhaz side can provide a wide range of different products to the Russian market, and stressed the willingness to cooperate with the Russian company" Calorie "on production and sale of dairy products, based on the potential for the production of its own raw materials ".

The goal of this business mission consists of mutual cooperation, the establishment and development of trade relations between the two countries