Lavrov to host Abkhazia, South Ossetia FMs in Moscow for trilateral talks

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will meet with the foreign ministers of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Moscow on October 1 for bilateral and trilateral talks. This routine diplomatic engagement reinforces Russia's continued recognition and integration of these breakaway territories, which remain internationally unrecognized. The meeting signals sustained Russian influence in the South Caucasus but introduces no new policy shift.