*** Dear compatriots, dear veterans of the War of Abkhazia!

I congratulate you on Victory and Independence Day!

September 30, 1993 is the most important date in the history of our people. Today we celebrate the day of the conquest of the true freedom of the Abkhaz state.

The path to Victory was long and difficult. More than three thousand defenders of the Motherland laid down their heads on the battlefields, more than five thousand were injured, more than 200 people were missing. Many veterans have not survived to this day due to wounds and injuries sustained in the war.

The people of Abkhazia are proud of the defenders of the Motherland, who under the leadership of the national leader Vladislav Ardzinba, defended the freedom of Abkhazia in a fierce war. We bow before the memory of those who gave their lives for the freedom of Abkhazia. We are indebted to the volunteers who stood next to Abkhazia. I want to express special words of gratitude to the mothers who raised true patriots.

Dear compatriots, we are obliged to do everything for peaceful Abkhazia to flourish.

I wish you daily victories in the construction of an independent Abkhaz state. Peace and prosperity to every family. Long live Independent Abkhazia!

President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania.

Sukhum, September 30, 2020