The President of the Domino Federation of Abkhazia, Arthur Gabunia, expressed condolences to the President of the Domino Federation of Venezuela, Efrain Velasquez, on the occasion of the death of President Hugo Chavez, reports Apsny.Ru .
“The Domino Federation of the Republic of Abkhazia deeply mourns with you the death of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. We have been closely monitoring information about his health over the past few months and hoped that he would be able to overcome a serious illness. Unfortunately, this did not happen,” - Gabunia said in a statement.
“Hugo Chavez was the greatest political figure for his country, Latin America and the whole world. The death of the leader of the nation is a real loss for the people of Venezuela. All generations of Abkhazians will remember him as a leader, a man of great soul, who, despite to which, he recognized the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia,” the press service of the Domino Federation of Abkhazia reports the words of Gabunia.
Meanwhile, in North Ossetia, one of the peaks of the Caucasus Range may be named in honor of Hugo Chavez. Chairman of the North Ossetian Mountaineering Federation Kazbek Khamitsaev told Interfax about this. According to him, a group of climbers is already preparing to climb an unnamed peak 3,400 meters high.
The head of North Ossetia, Taimuraz Mamsurov, said that Chavez enjoyed authority in North Ossetia.
“We will never forget that Venezuela was one of the first countries to recognize the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia,” he said.
The day before it became known that streets in Moscow and Minsk could be named after Hugo Chavez.