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| {{flag|Republic of China|name=Republic of China (Taiwan)}} || The head of Republic of China's representative office in Russia Antonio Chen said on 10 November 2011 in an interview published in the ''Kommersant'' newspaper: "Taiwan is ready for trade-economic and cultural cooperation with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. But as far as their political recognition is concerned, a mutual exchange of opinions on this issue has not been held yet".<ref name="kommersant newspaper">{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id%3D286219 |title=Interfax |access-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509023853/http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=286219 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|Chechnya|1991}} [[Chechen republic of Ichkeria]] || On 10 December 1997, [[President of Ichkeria|President of Chechnya]] [[Aslan Maskhadov]] appointed Ruslan Tuntaev as a "plenipotentiary representative of the Chechen republic-Ichkeria" to Abkhazia. The envoy was appointed with a mandate of handling "economic and cultural-humanitarian affairs", with nothing being stated about political relations.<ref name="jam">{{Cite web |url=https://jamestown.org/program/chechen-representative-to-abkhazia-appointed/|title=Chechen representative to Abkhazia appointed|website=Jamestown |date=12 December 1997}}</ref> On 19 December 1997, Tuntaev was removed from his post by Maskhadov following Tuntaev's statement that the Chechen republic of Ichkeria "might recognize the Abkhazia's independence soon". Maskhadov's administration described this statement as an "illegel and uncoordinated action". Kazbek Khajiev, Maskhadov's press secretary, said that Chechnya would not endanger its friendly relations with Georgia to "promote somebody's ambitions".<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus|title=Central Asia and the Caucasus|issue=1–3|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Central_Asia_and_the_Caucasus/Ym0MAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Central Asia and The Caucasus, Information and Analytical Center|year=2000 |pages=155}}</ref>
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