Exclusive-Moldova, Georgia leaders to visit U.S. - congressional aides

Georgia's Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili looks on during a joint news conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (unseen) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of Georgia and Moldova are due to visit Washington in the next two weeks, congressional aides said on Wednesday, in what appears to be an effort to show U.S. support for Russia's neighbours amid the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine.

Congressional aides said that Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili will be in Washington next week and Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca will visit during the first week of March.