The diplomatic relations between Georgia and Slovenia were established on 18 January 1993:, less than two years after the independence of both states (Georgia from the USSR and Slovenia from Yugoslavia). Slovenia has consistently supported Georgia's territorial integrity in the face of Russia's military occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2008, Prime Minister Janez Janša of Slovenia stated following a meeting with his Czech and Latvian counterparts in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian War, We are united on the need to ensure peace, stability, territorial integrity in Georgia and the broader region and to give the region a European perspective.