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|[[Union of Russia and Belarus]] || On 4 August 2008, [[Pavel Borodin]], then [[State Secretary]] of the [[Union of Russia and Belarus]], told the radio station [[Ekho Moskvy]] that he supported Russia and that South Ossetia and Abkhazia could be accepted into the Union before the end of 2008.{{cn|date=January 2023}} On 10 February 2022, the new Abkhaz foreign minister [[Inal Ardzinba]] met with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus [[Dmitry Mezentsev]]. They both discussed integration processes in the post-Soviet space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mfaapsny.org/en/allnews/news/othernews/inal-ardzinba-vstretilsya-s-gosudarstvennym-sekretarem-soyuznogo-gosudarstva-rossii-i-belarusi/|title=Inal Ardzinba met with the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus|website=mfaapsny.org|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref> In March 2022, they met again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mfaapsny.org/ru/allnews/news/othernews/v-moskve-sostoyalas-vstrecha-ministra-inostrannykh-del-respubliki-abkhaziya-inala-ardzinba-s-gossekr/|title=В Москве состоялась встреча Инала Ардзинба с Госсекретарем Союзного государства России и Белоруссии Дмитрием Мезенцевым|website=mfaapsny.org|access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> In October 2022, according to the online publication Abkhazia Post, the foreign ministries of Abkhazia, Belarus and Russia established a trilateral forum of consultations on questions about the Union State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AbkhaziaP/status/1578326037657636865|title=On the interaction between the Republic of #Abkhazia and the #UnionState and a trilateral format with #Russia 🇷🇺 and #Belarus 🇧🇾 MFA announced that agreement was reached on regular consultations.|website=twitter.com|access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>
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== Positions taken by non-state actors ==
=== Regions with independent governments ===
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| {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Hamas]] (government in [[Gaza Strip]]) || On 26 August 2008 a spokesman for the [[Palestinian nationalism|Palestinian]] group [[Hamas]], which governs the [[Gaza Strip]], welcomed the diplomatic recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He said that there were similarities between the situations of the Abkhazian, South Ossetian peoples, and the [[Palestinians|Palestinian people]]. The spokesman said, "We, Palestinians, also struggle to attain recognition for our rights, the main of which is the right to be an independent state. We hope that the decision of Moscow becomes the beginning of recognition of peoples which combat for freedom and justice".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2008/08/26/n_1262987.shtml |script-title=ru:ХАМАС приветствует признание независимости Абхазии и Южной Осетии |publisher=Gazeta.ru |language=ru |date=26 August 2008 |access-date=26 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6756&Itemid=65 |title=Only Palestine's Hamas Backs Kremlin's Recognition of Abkhazia, South Ossetia |publisher=Georgian Daily |date=27 August 2008 |access-date=27 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/2634318/Georgia-Europe-unites-to-condemn-Kremlin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/2634318/Georgia-Europe-unites-to-condemn-Kremlin.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Georgia: Europe unites to condemn Kremlin |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=27 August 2008 |access-date=27 August 2008 | location=London | first1=Con | last1=Coughlin | first2=Adrian | last2=Blomfield}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Yemen}} – [[Supreme Political Council]] (government in part of [[Yemen]]) || The internationally recognized government of Yemen has not recognized either Abkhazia or South Ossetia. Nevertheless, Abdullah Ali Sabri, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the [[Houthi]]-dominated Supreme Political Council government of the Republic of Yemen in [[Damascus]], met with the Abkhaz Ambassador in [[Syria]] in 2021. Both representatives exchanged views on possible areas of bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Islamic Republic of Yemen as well as the strengthening of relations between both parties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mfaapsny.org/en/allnews/news/embassies/bagrat-khutaba-vstretilsya-s-poslom-yemena-v-sirii-/ |title=Bagrat Khutaba met with the Ambassador of Yemen to Syria |website=MFA Apsny|access-date=2021-03-19 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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=== International non-governmental organisations ===
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| [[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization]] (UNPO) || [[The Hague]]-based Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, whose members are 69 entities seeking self-determination and representation, of which Abkhazia (but not South Ossetia) is one, issued a statement on 29 August 2008 in which it "congratulates Abkhazia, for her calls for self-determination have been formally taken into consideration. With Abkhazia's right to self-determination acknowledged starts a long and slow process which can eventually lead to the admittance of Abkhazia to the United Nations".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unpo.org/content/view/8579/81/|title=General Secretary Statement on Abkhazia |date=29 August 2008|publisher=UNPO|access-date=13 September 2009}}</ref>
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|[[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO)
|Neither Abkhazia nor South Ossetia is currently a member of the governing structures for the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO).
Independently of their ISO membership status, ISO will also potentially issue a standardised country code for each. According to rules of procedure followed by the [[ISO 3166|ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency]] based in Geneva, a new [[ISO 3166-1]] code for Abkhazia and/or South Ossetia will only be issued once it appears in the United Nations Terminology Bulletin ''Country Names'' or in the UN Statistics Division's list of Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm|title=General Questions|publisher=ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 1366 country codes|access-date= 28 March 2009}}</ref> To appear in the terminology bulletin, it must either (a) be admitted into the United Nations, (b) join a [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN Specialised Agency]] or (c) become a state party to the ''Statute of the [[International Court of Justice]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/background_on_iso_3166/iso_3166-1_and_cctlds.htm|title=ISO 3166-1 and country coded Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)|publisher=ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes|access-date= 29 June 2009}}</ref> None of these criteria have been met.
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| [[Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] (ICANN)
| [[ICANN]], through its [[Country Code Names Supporting Organization]], is responsible for adding new [[country code top-level domain]]s (ccTLDs) for use in Internet addressing. Rules of procedure dictate Abkhazia and/or South Ossetia must first receive an [[ISO 3166-1]] code (discussed above) before the ccTLD can be introduced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnxpert.com/2008/09/24/kosovo-transnistria-abhkazia-top-level-domains/ |title=Kosovo, Transnistria, Abkhazia Top Level Domains |date=4 September 2008 |publisher=DNXpert |access-date=28 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206125720/http://www.dnxpert.com/2008/09/24/kosovo-transnistria-abhkazia-top-level-domains/ |archive-date=6 December 2008 }}</ref>
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