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|{{ARM}} || In 2008, President [[Serzh Sargsyan]] (in office 2008–2018) stated that Armenia will not formally recognise Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states any time soon but reiterated his support for their residents’ right to self-determination. He also said that Armenia will not recognise them for the same reason that it did not recognise Kosovo's independence and that Armenia can not recognise another entity in the same situation as long as it has not recognised the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2008/09/E5FDD453-D06C-4C03-B625-2C741767F725.ASP|title=Armenia Rules Out Abkhazia, South Ossetia Recognition|website=«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109035814/http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2008/09/E5FDD453-D06C-4C03-B625-2C741767F725.ASP|archive-date=9 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tigran Balayan]], Head of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Armenia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] Press Office said, "Armenia has always favoured and continues to believe that any attempt for military solution to conflicts is futile. Such conflicts should be resolved on the basis of free expression of the will of the people".<ref>[http://www.armeniaforeignministry.com/pr_08/080827_balayan.html Answer of Tigran Balayan, Head of MFA's Press Office to the questions by Regnum News Agency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213220755/http://www.armeniaforeignministry.com/pr_08/080827_balayan.html |date=13 February 2012 }}, Regnum News, 27 August 2008</ref> In 2016, Sargsyan with then Vice-Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Kan Tania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abkhazeti.info/abkhazia/2014/1472854775.php|title=Президент Армении встретился с представителями абхазского режима|website=Наша Абхазия|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
In 2023, President [[Nikol Pashinyan]] stated that Armenia fully respects and acknowledges Georgia's territorial integrity and considers Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Georgian territories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/32698702.html|title=Армения полноценно признает территориальную целостность Грузии – Пашинян|website=Наша Абхазия|date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
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|{{AUS}} || [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Foreign Minister]] [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith]] said that "the declaration overnight by Russian President Medvedev I don't believe is a helpful contribution. Indeed some may regard that as provocative. I don't think it helps circumstances in Georgia and I don't think it helps relationships generally between Russia and the rest of the world. Australia respects the territorial integrity of Georgia and our ongoing position is that we believe that Russia should abide by the ceasefire effected through the European Union and President Sarkozy and return its forces to the positions they occupied on August 6 and 7".<ref name="news1">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24250202-29277,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916005131/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C24250202-29277%2C00.html|url-status=dead|title=Smith not impressed by Russian stance|archive-date=16 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348052.htm?section=australia|title=Smith to hold talks with Russia over rebel provinces|website=ABC News|date=27 August 2008|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>
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