SUKHUM, Abkhazia -- Abkhazian presidential candidates Aleksandr Ankvab, Raul Khajimba, and Sergey Shamba have signed an agreement “for clean and honest elections”

Signing of the agreement was initiated by the party “Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia,” which put forward Raul Khajimba as a candidate for president of Abkhazia.

The agreement was also signed by representatives of the public and by journalists.

In signing the document, each party to the agreement assumes the obligation: “to act guided solely by the state interests of the Republic of Abkhazia and its people; not to permit by his actions the legitimacy and real results of the elections to be undermined in the eyes of the people and of the world community; to carry out open and honest electoral work and not to permit manipulations, distortions, or falsification of any information; to be open to any questions from voters or journalists; not to use “black technologies.”