On June 17, 2020, de facto president of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania met with the Russian representatives in Abkhazia, including Russian „ambassador“ to Abkhazia Aleksey Dvinianin, Head of the Border Division of the Federal Security Service of Russian Federation in Abkhazia Major General Aleksey Trubetski, Commander of the 7th Military Base of Russian Federation in Abkhazia Colonel Oleg Senkov, the „embassy“ employees – Aleksandr Oparin and Vladislav Nechiporenko, representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Abkhazia Stanislav Apsava. From Abkhazian side the meeting was attended by the Head of de facto Presidential Administration Alkhas Kvitsinia.

Various aspects of bilateral cooperation were discussed at the meeting. Bzhania also referred to implementation of measures under the 2014 Agreement on Alliance and Strategic Partnership, with a special focus on the Agreement article 5, which „envisages establishment of joint defence and security space to create an armed group for the state border protection“. According to Bzhania,  joint group has been set up, however not all the issues have been fully resolved, such as material and technical support, unification of standards.