Foreign relations of Abkhazia

The Republic of Abkhazia is a self-proclaimed state recognized only by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Transnistria. (The first four of these are members of the United Nations, the latter three share similar lack of international recognition.) Abkhazia declared independence from Georgia in 1999, but did not receive recognition from any UN member states until after the 2008 South Ossetia war. One of Abkhazia's main foreign policy goals is searching for further international recognition.