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Martin Schulz addressed a press conference with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and said Georgia’s territory was “non-negotiable”. He said: “I want to underline once more that I give a guarantee to the prime minister that we as the European Parliament, one of the communitarian institutions, [ensure] defendants stick to the territorial integrity of Georgia as a non-negotiable principle. “And that you can count as a country prime minister on the unconditional support of the European Parliament in the frame of these territorial questions.”

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT•GETTY Martin Schulz has offered Georgia the support of the European Parliament with its territorial battle

You can count as a country prime minister on the unconditional support of the European Parliament in the frame of these territorial questions President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz

The comments come after Vladimir Putin’s troops took control of the partially recognised nation-states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia following the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Addressing the issue, Mr Kvirikashvili said he was looking forward to working with the EU in maintaining its security.



He said: “Security remains one of the core elements of our cooperation agenda with the EU.



“And we value the European Parliament’s very vocal and bold stance condemning ongoing occupation of Georgian soil by Russia and its aftermath of severe security and humanitarian conditions.