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Georgia's relations with its neighbors were uneasy. Territorial disputes with Armenia, [[Anton Denikin|Denikin]]'s [[White movement|White Russian]] government and Azerbaijan led to armed conflicts in the first two cases. A British military mission attempted to mediate these conflicts in order to consolidate all anti-Bolshevik forces in the region. To prevent White Russian army forces from crossing into the newly established states, the British commander in the region drew a line across the Caucasus that Denikin would not be permitted to cross, giving both Georgia and Azerbaijan temporary relief. The threat of invasion by Denikin's forces, notwithstanding the British position, brought Georgia and Azerbaijan together in a mutual defense alliance on June 16, 1919.<ref>{{harvnb|Yilmaz|2009|p=51}}</ref>
On February 14, 1919, Georgia held [[1919 Georgian parliamentary election|parliamentary elections]] won by the [[Social Democratic Party of Georgia]] with 81.5% of the vote. On March 21, [[Noe Zhordania]] formed the third government, which had to deal with armed peasants' revolts incited by local Bolshevik activists{{cn|date=March 2024}} and largely supported by Russia. These became more troublesome when carried out by ethnic minorities such as [[Abkhazia]]ns and [[South Ossetia|Ossetians]].
However, the land reform was finally well handled by the [[Social Democratic Party of Georgia|Georgian Social Democratic Party]] government and the country established a multi-party system. In 1919, reforms in the judicial system and local self-governance were carried out. Abkhazia was granted autonomy. Nevertheless, ethnic issues continued to trouble the country, especially [[Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–20)|on the part of the Ossetians]], as witnessed in May 1920. [[Nikolay Chkheidze]] proposed a [[white mandate]]{{clarify|date=March 2024}} for Georgia, vying to protect Georgia in event of an invasion by the [[Red Army]]. Many opposed him though. It is unknown whether or not the [[Kingdom of Italy]] wanted to place Georgia under its protection as a white mandate, but they were considering it. Nevertheless, Georgia did not become a mandate, resulting in the [[Red Army invasion of Georgia]]
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