Former de-facto PM hopes Belarus will recognize Abkhazia “someday”

Former de-facto prime minister of occupied Abkhazia Sergey Shamba hopes “someday, Belarus will recognize the independence of Abkhazia.”

"Abkhazia has always had a good relationship with Belarus. We hope that someday Belarus will recognition us. We will wait for this moment, " Sergey Shamba said.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he refused to recognize the independence of Abkhazia in order to avoid possible international isolation of Belarus.