U.S. Vice President Biden pledges support for Georgia

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said during his visit to Georgia on Wednesday that the United States "stands with" the former Soviet republic a year after its war with Russia.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Biden arrived in Ukraine for a three-day working visit.(AP Photo/Olexander Prokopenko/Pool)

Biden, who flew to Georgia from Ukraine, is on a mission to reassure both countries that the US will not abandon them as President Barack Obama seeks to improve badly strained ties with Russia.

He said the Obama administration stands firmly with the country.

Joe Biden, said, "The reason President Obama asked me to come back, was to send an unequivocal, clear, simple message to all who will listen, and those who even don't want to listen, that America stands with you at this moment and will continue to stand with you."

Biden's message of support was balanced by calling on the Georgian government to further encourage democracy.