Inal Ardzinba
Inal Ardzinba | |
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| Инал Арӡынба (Abkhazian) Инал Батувич Ардзинба (Russian) | |
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| 10th Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 18 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Daur Kove |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1990 Sukhumi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Higher School of Economics, Moscow |
Inal Batuvych Ardzinba (Abkhazian: Инал Арӡынба, Russian: Инал Батувич Ардзинба; born 26 July 1990) is the current Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.
In 2013, he became a member of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.[1]
Beginning in 2014, Ardzinba worked in the federal Russian administration, eventually becoming deputy of Vladislav Surkov, then an Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. In 2016, he played a prominent role in the Surkov leaks.[2]
Ardzinba pleads for the BRICS to play a leading role in world politics, after Russia was expelled from the Group of Eight.[3] He had attended the Youth 8 Summit in Washington, D.C. as part of the Russian delegation.[4]
In January 2020, Ardzinba founded the Future of Abkhazia party.[5] Until then he was considered to be close to the party Amtsakhara.[6] Shortly thereafter, Ardzinba supported then-opposition candidate Aslan Bzhania in the 2020 Abkhazian presidential election.[6]
In 2021, president Bzhania appointed Ardzinba to be the foreign minister of Abkhazia.[7] His appointment was a surprise for many experts on the region.[8] He is the youngest man to ever hold the office.[9] After he was elected, he said that the deepening of cooperation with Russia is a priority for Abkhazia’s foreign policy.[10]
In January 2022, Ardzinba stopped the EU's and UNDP's confidence-building COBERM program in Abkhazia.[11]
In July 2022, Ardzinba proposed to move the Geneva International Discussions "to another more neutral city" like Minsk or Istanbul.[12]
According to Yevgeny Yasin, Vladislav Ardzinba is Inal Ardzinba's uncle.[13]
See also
References
- ^ Инал Ардзинба, выпускник факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики, hse.ru 16 October 2013.
- ^ Alya Shandra/Robert William Henry Seely: The Surkov Leaks The Inner Workings of Russia's Hybrid War in Ukraine The Surkov Leaks The Inner Workings of Russia's Hybrid War in Ukraine, researchgate.net July 2019.
- ^ Инал Ардзинба: БРИКС вместо «большой восьмерки», iz.ru 23 June 2014.
- ^ Inal Ardzinba – Roadmap to Kremlin's Policy in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region, kremlin-roadmap.gfsis.org (without date).
- ^ Инал Ардзинба возглавил платформу "Будущее Абхазии", news.rambler.ru 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b Zaal Anjaparidze: Changes in the Separatist Abkhazian Government and Implications for Relations With Tbilisi, jamestown.org 15 June 2020.
- ^ The president introduced the new Foreign Minister of Abkhazia to the team, abkhazworld.com 18 November 2021.
- ^ Inal Khashig: New foreign minister appointed in Abkhazia. What does it mean?, jam-news.net 18 November 2021.
- ^ Inal Ardzinba: Kremlin’s Man in Sokhumi?, civil.ge 24 November 2021.
- ^ Zaal Anjaparidze: Abkhazia’s ‘President’ Floats Idea to Lift Real Estate Purchase Restrictions for Russian Citizens, jamestown.org 8 December 2021.
- ^ Sokhumi Targets EU/UNDP Program on Abkhaz-Georgian Dialogue, civil.ge 20 January 2022.
- ^ Anxious, Abkhazia Ponders Regional Security, civil.ge 23 July 2022.
- ^ Екатерина Лазарева: Новое имя. О ком спорят Саакашвили и Захарова, ura.news 3 April 2016.
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