21 July 2010 — 09:40 am — NatPress Source: kchr.info
On the eve in the Republic of Abkhazia the Interethnic meeting of youth had started working: it will last till July, 23rd, 2010. According to the arrangements achieved in the end of June at the meeting of representatives of social movement «Abaze» and the union of Abasin youth “Sharpny” with the President of Karachaevo-Circassian Republic Boris Ebzeev they created a republican working group; the offer to organize a meeting of youth of Karachaevo-Circassia and Abkhazia was also sounded.
According to instruction of Boris Ebzeev from the republican budget means of 500 thousand rubles for participation of youngsters of the republic in the Interethnic meeting were refined. The youth group left for Abkhazia in 90 person delegation — representatives of all the national youth organizations of Karachaevo-Circassia. They were accommodated in the boarding house “Eucalypt Grove” of Kyndyg village that is 20 km away from Sukhum town of Sukhumi area. Within five days the youth of Karachaevo-Circassia will stay in Abkhazia; various actions, joint round tables, a meeting with the President of Abkhazia and, certainly, an extensive cultural program will allow the youth of the Republic of Abkhazia and Karachaevo-Circassia learning more about each other.
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