[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18860]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10525]


Determination Under Section 7070(c)(1) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2017 and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 Regarding the Central Government of 
Syria

    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) and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (Div. K, Pub. L. 115-141), I hereby 
determine that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic 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 
on the Department of State website and, along with the accompanying 
Memorandum of Justification, shall be reported to Congress.

    Dated: August 22, 2018.
 Michael R. Pompeo,
 Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-18860 Filed 8-29-18; 8:45 am]
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