Abkhazian Foreign Minister Inal Ardzinba said that Sukhumi and Moscow have made the necessary changes in the Agreement on the transfer of the state lodge in Pitsunda to Russia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said this at a joint press conference with Russian Ambassador to Ankara Mikhail Shurgalin. “Sputnik Abkhazia”.
According to Ardzinba, the list of coordinate points determining the boundaries of state summer lands and the boundaries of the sea area initially contained inaccuracies. For this reason, notes were exchanged between the Russian and Abkhazian Foreign Ministries and all necessary technical corrections were made in the agreement.
In contrast, Ambassador Shurgalin noted that the signed agreement does not provide for the transfer of the land on which the Pitsunda state lodge is located to the Russian Federation. Its territory was leased to Russia for 49 years and only the buildings were transferred to ownership, repair and maintenance will be carried out by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
The Russian diplomat emphasized that representatives of various NGOs in Abkhazia are trying to exploit the issue of the agreement on the state lodge in Pitsunda. In particular, he noted that the imminent ratification of the agreement on the transfer of the state lodge to Russia will contribute to the development of bilateral relations between Moscow and Sukhumi.
It was previously reported that there were those who opposed the transfer of the state lodge in Pitsunda to Russia. gathered In the Parliament of Abkhazia.
The agreement on the transfer of the state lodge in Pitsunda to Russia was signed in the Kremlin on January 19, 2022. According to the document, the Russian Federation receives free of charge the property complex of the state lodge “Pitsunda”, a land plot of 180 hectares with the relic park and the adjacent sea area.
Opponents of the agreement claim that it does not comply with the Abkhaz constitution and the laws of the republic.
On July 21, 2022, MPs submitted a request to the constitutional court regarding the agreement’s compliance with the country’s constitution, but on August 3, the authority returned the request, citing that the request did not meet the requirements of constitutional law. It has jurisdiction as follows.
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Source: Gazeta
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