This is stated in the Commentary of the RA MFA on the speech of the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili, who acted as a defender of the Abkhaz language, which is “under the threat of disappearance”.

“As President of Georgia and the guarantor of its constitution, I am responsible for protecting the Abkhaz language. Especially at a time when the Abkhaz language is included by UNESCO in the list of endangered languages, ” Zurabishvili said.

The RA Foreign Ministry noted that Abkhazia did not apply to UNESCO with a request to add the Abkhaz language to the list of “endangered languages”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia considers it unacceptable to consider the development of the Abkhaz language without interaction with the authorities of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The RA Foreign Ministry called the politicization of the Abkhaz language topic by Georgia and its introduction to the international level as open interference in the internal affairs of Abkhazia.

The RA MFA intends to raise the issue of the Georgian authorities' speculations on the development of the Abkhaz language during the next round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in the Transcaucasus.