RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE  PEOPLE’S COUNCIL OF ABKHAZIA on recognition of the independence of Georgia by Russia

18 May 1920

Having heard the information by the Chairman of the Commissariat on Peace-Agreement concluded with Russia and on the other hand the sad news about attack of the troops of Azerbaijan at the border of the Republic, the Peoples Council of Abkhazia welcomes the attempt of restoring the friendly relations with the Democratic Russia, as well as the measures taken by the Republic for protecting the country from Turkish troops and stand ready to apply every possible means for supporting the extraordinary measures taken by the government.

(Jemal Gamakharia, Badri Gogia, Abkhazia-Historical Region of Georgia. Tbilisi, 1997, p. 459/in Russian)