Russia and Abkhazia signed a visa-free regime agreement during RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Sukhumi, October 2. The document was signed by Lavrov and his Abkhazian counterpart Sergey Shamba.

Hence, the domestic passport of citizens of Russia and the Moscow-recognized Abkhazia will suffice to travel to the countries for maximum 90-day stay.

Lavrov declared that check point at the border will be modernized, a new bridge built, and customs procedures maximally facilitated to ease the transit.