The President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Abkhazia Tamila Mertskhulava and Vice President Astamur Gaguliya held a meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic Bagrat Khutaba in the office of the Chamber.

The meeting discussed the issues of completing the registration procedure for the representative office of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Damascus, within the framework of agreements reached by the chamber with the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade of the SAR, with the support of the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia and Syria.
It should be noted that despite the pandemic, the basis of mutually beneficial cooperation continue to remain stable and are fully preserved.

In the near future, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Abkhazia plans to open its representative office in Damascus, which will bring the trade and economic relations between the two countries to a new level. The representative office will display samples of Abkhaz products similar to those exported to the Russian Federation.

Bagrat Khutaba stressed that the negotiation process has become more accelerated and efficient with the opening of the Abkhaz Embassy in Syria, which makes it possible to provide targeted assistance to all interested and responsible departments in the development of bilateral relations. He also expressed his readiness to provide maximum assistance to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the integration of Abkhaz entrepreneurs into traditional associations for the purpose of trade and economic cooperation.

The CCI believes that the representative office will facilitate the opening of the Trade House of Abkhazia in Syria, which will give an additional impetus to mutually beneficial bilateral relations.