January 21, the meeting was held at the office of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Abkhazia between the President of the CCI Tamila Mertskhulava and the delegation of the Republic of Turkey, headed by the Chairman of the Federation of Abkhaz Cultural Centers in Turkey, Murat Makharia, elected in November 2021.

The meeting was also attended by the Authorized Representative of Abkhazia in Turkey Ibrahim Avidzba and representatives of the Turkish business community.

Tamila Mertskhulava, having greeted the guests, congratulated Murat Makharia on his election as the head of the Federation of Abkhaz Cultural Centers in Turkey and wished him success in his work.
“The Chamber can become a kind of bridge between entrepreneurs of Abkhazia and Turkey with the help of the diaspora living in Turkey,” said Tamila Mertskhulava.

The President of the Chamber shared information on investment policy in the Republic of Abkhazia - in the field of banking, insurance, financial, innovative activities, preferences that are provided to foreign investors, products manufactured in Abkhazia and their further export to third countries.

The participants of the meeting expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Republic of Abkhazia in various directions in order to increase trade turnover and launch new projects.

In order to popularize Abkhazia and with the hope of its early recognition by the Republic of Turkey, Tamila Mertskhulava presented Murat Makharia with a gift - a banknote of 500 apsars, depicting the first president of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba and dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia.