 Moscow refused, and Georgia declared Soviet troops in Georgia an occupation force.Parallels have been drawn in modern Georgia between the Georgian-Russian diplomacy in 1920 and the 2000s.In response to indications by several senior Russian diplomats that Moscow wanted to see Georgia "a sovereign, neutral and friendly country", rather than a member of military alliances such as NATO, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on October 25, 2007 that neutrality was not an option for Georgia because "Georgia signed an agreement on its neutrality in 1920 with Bolshevik Russia and after six months Georgia was occupied".