In 2005, during U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Tbilisi, he announced his support for the American attempts to push for democratic reform and end the totalitarian government in the southeastern Asian country.

[2] In 2007, during his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Saakashvili called on the international community to support pro-democratic protests in Myanmar:[3] Today, in this great hall, we have an opportunity to reaffirm one of the core principles of the United Nations: the right of every individual to pursue a life of liberty in dignity; by voicing our support for the hundreds of thousands of monks and ordinary citizens daring to seek freedom for the people of Burma.We must stand fast with them.

It is my deepest hope that we will look back and remember this “Saffron Revolution" of the Burmese monks as another step in the inevitable march of liberty across the planet.In 2012, when vetoing a bill to release prisoners recognized as "political prisoners" by the Georgian Parliament, President Saakashvili presented a sharp contrast between Georgia's democratic advancement and Myanmar's authoritarian regime.

In 2006, it was one of the 15 countries to vote against a UN resolution calling for a renewed debate on the separatist conflicts in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Moldova.

Three Georgian movies directed by a family of female directors were screened in 2015 during Yangoon's Memory International Film Festival.