The US, Russia and the European Union, welcomed Georgia's election result on Monday, which has seen the country's first democratic transfer of power from the President Mikheil Saakashvili to the opposition leader, Bidzine Ivanishvili.
In a statement the White House described it as "another milestone in Georgia's democratic development", whilst the EU said the results showed Georgia had "a healthy respect for fundamental freedoms".
Meanwhile, in Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said it "probably means that more constructive and responsible forces will appear in parliament".