House Speaker László Kövér said Hungary will continue to support Georgia in maintaining its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"With this agreement, cooperation between the parliaments of Hungary and Georgia has been elevated to the same strategic level at which bilateral governmental ties have been maintained since 2022. It also symbolizes the friendship built between Hungary and Georgia based on common interests and traditions," Kövér said after signing a cooperation and partnership agreement with Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili in Budapest on Monday.

The House Speaker said he was convinced that cooperation would help to advance Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration.

He said that Hungary's legislature will help Georgia in its endeavors by sharing its own recent experiences. He said that EU countries and institutions must respect Georgia's sovereignty in this process, adding that Hungary would work to ensure that they do so.

Any interference in Georgia's domestic affairs "is unacceptable", Kövér said, adding that Hungary, even as an EU member state, had been forced to endure similar EU forays into its affairs as Georgia had suffered.

The EU, he added, was likely to change its stance in light of the outcome of the US presidential election.

The speaker said that fulfilling the criteria for EU membership was a matter of objective facts rather than ideological prejudices. Given Georgia's economic development and growth, it would be the best-prepared candidate by the end of the decade, he said, adding that Hungary would use all means at its disposal to ensure that Georgia "becomes a full EU member sooner rather than later".

Papuasvili thanked Hungary for its "friendly support and help", and called it "a great honor" to visit Hungary.

Today's discussions embraced specific security and political issues, he said, thanking Hungary for its support for Georgia's sovereignty.

Centuries-old bilateral relations "are based on European values", he said, also noting the Hungarian prime minister's visit to Georgia just after the 2024 general election.