Inar Gitsba, Executive Secretary of the World Abaza Congress, and Inver Alshundba, a member of the Supreme Council of the WAC, met with representatives of the Abkhaz-Abaza and Circassian diasporas in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) on Tuesday October 6 in Damascus, at the newly opened Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in Syria.
At the beginning of the meeting, representatives of the Congress conveyed a welcoming word from the chairman of the Supreme Council of the WAC Mussa Ekzekov, and then spoke in detail about the goals and objectives of the Congress, about its activities, successfully implemented projects and plans.
Representatives of the diasporas, in turn, showed great interest in the work of the WAC, asked numerous questions, and also expressed their full readiness to implement joint projects.
Commenting on the agenda of the meeting, Inar Gitsba noted that the issue of establishing a regional branch of the WAC in the Syrian Arab Republic was discussed.
A member of the Supreme Council of the WAC, Inver Alshundba, in turn, added that at the meeting it was decided to work out a protocol of mutual cooperation between the WAC and Adyga Khasa.
“In the near future the text of this document will be prepared by both sides. All efforts are directed for the benefit of our people, in the name of the idea of uniting the Abkhaz-Abaza people, ”he said.
For further interaction, a working group was created, which included six representatives of the Syrian diaspora. Inar Gitsba explained that joint projects will be developed within the committee.
Following the meeting, it was decided to work out two more issues: the possibility of training representatives of the Abkhaz-Abaza diaspora in Syria at the Abkhaz State University and the opportunity to organize a summer camp in Abkhazia for Abkhaz-Abaza and Circassian children from Syria.
