Sergey Shamba, so called Foreign Minsiter of secessionist Abkhazia declared that the validity of the Russian passports in Abkhazian territory will be prolonged till the special order of the Russian Federation. Shamba as well said that these passports citizens of Abkhazia will present on the crossing the Russia-Abkhazian border.
It is notable that a few time ago the Russian Foreign Ministry informed Abkhazia that starting from November the Russian passports will be declard invalid.
"Becouse of the decision of Russian Federation about the abolition of passports our citizens may suffer. Becouse of this we asked Russian Federation to prolong the validity of Russian passports, "- Sergey Shamba said.
He as well said that a few days ago Abkhazia hosted the delegation from Russian Federation. The representative of Russian Foreign Ministry was there as well. "We discussed the question with him and the Russian side accepted this demand of Abkhazia. The passports will be prolonged till the March of next year,"- Shamba said. He noted that the new Abkhazian passports are already ordered to be made, and when they will be ready the problem will be over.