Here’s an interesting Radio Free Europe story from 2006 (my emphasis added):

EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana told the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels today that during a recent phone conversation, Saakashvili had confessed to “tremendous worry” about the possible consequences that ongoing UN-sponsored Kosovo status talks could have for Georgia…Solana indicated that he, too, considers it possible that independence for Kosovo could have a negative effect on Georgia’s territorial integrity, acknowledging it would set a “precedent.”

Hmmm. This, too, is worth noting:

Responding to a question by Estonian deputy Toomas Hendrik Ilves suggesting the EU send peacekeepers to Georgia, Solana also said Saakashvili had made that request during their conversation. However, Solana said no. He said today it would be a “very difficult decision” for the EU, and that the EU could not respond positively “at the moment.” France, Germany, Italy and a number of other EU member states have long blocked moves to send EU monitors to Georgia’s borders, in fear of angering Russia.