Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh and Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze met here on Tuesday to discuss cooperation in the field of oil and energy. Prior to the meeting, media reports indicated Georgia’s interest to import gas from Iran. There were also remarks on implementation of investment projects in the energy sector being on the agenda of negotiations in Tehran. “We want to be in the forefront of negotiations with Iran, because the latter is interested with our region and we are interested in this resource [Iran] – so there is a concurrence of interests, but now it’s difficult for me to say what kind of shape this relations may take,” Georgian Deputy Energy Minister Mariam Valishvili told reporters in Tbilisi. Recently, Iranian and Georgian officials have met on the sidelines of international forums or talked over the phone. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Janelidze, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 12. Also Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani spoke on the phone with Georgia’s PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili on February 8. On Monday, Georgia restored 45-day visa-waiver arrangements for Iranian citizens, which were scrapped by Tbilisi in 2013.