.svg) Abkhazia shown in red | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Abkhazia |
| Format | +7 N40 XXX-XX-XX |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | +7 840 / +7 940 |
| International access | 8~xx |
| Long-distance | 8 |
Telephone numbers in Abkhazia follow the dialling plan in place in Russia.
Until 1992, Abkhazia had a single telephone numbering system with Russia. In April 1996, the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation limited international telephone communications in Abkhazia, retaining only 16 outgoing and 24 incoming telephone channels of the 151 incoming and 182 outgoing channels that operated previously. On 15 February 1997, an agreement was signed between Russia and Georgia, which provided for a change in the communication scheme of Abkhazia with the outside world and switching channels to Georgia. The agreement met with resentment in Abkhazia, whose leadership accused Georgia and Russia of violating the an earlier agreement that provided for the restoration of the communications that existed before 1992.[1]
On 28 September 2009, after Russia recognised Abkhazia's independence, Russia and Abkhazia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation through which Abkhazia was given a telephone code from the +7 numbering zone and switched to the Russian numbering plan on 1 January 2010.
