[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 54463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24963]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10204]


Determination Under Section 7070(c)(1) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2017 Regarding the Central Government of Nicaragua

    Pursuant to section 7070(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (Div. J, Pub. 
L. 115-31), I hereby determine that the Government of Nicaragua has 
recognized the independence of, or has established diplomatic relations 
with, the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register and, 
along with the accompanying Memorandum of Justification, shall be 
reported to Congress.

 Rex W. Tillerson,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-24963 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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