“This agreement is a logical continuation of the Treaty of Alliance and Strategic Partnership between Russia and Abkhazia from 2014,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Jojua, in accordance with this agreement, a phased modernization of the armed forces of Abkhazia will be held, including, in particular, updating the models of military equipment.

According to him, in the republic there are specialists who have been educated in military universities of Russia, who can already work with updated weapons.

Earlier, Putin instructed to sign an agreement on financing by the Russian side of the modernization of the Armed Forces of Abkhazia.

In August, Zvezda reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed cooperation with his Abkhaz counterpart Merab Kishmaria.