Occupied territories of Georgia
On 3 March 2009, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers met Giorgi Baramidze, the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia. The president expressed his support for Georgia's domestic reforms and foreign policy. He also asked Baramidze what Russia was doing in those parts of Georgia that it had occupied.
Georgia–Mexico relations
In 2008, during the Russian invasion of Georgia; Mexico remained neutral and asked for both sides to seek peace. Mexico has not recognized the independence of Abkhazia nor South Ossetia and sees them as integral parts of Georgia. In September 2010, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri attended the bicentennial of Mexican Independence. Later that year in December 2010, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili attended the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP16) being held in Cancún.