TBILISI, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's deputy foreign minister will arrive in Georgia Monday on a two-day visit, where he will hold talks with the South Caucasus country's president and other leaders, a national news agency said.
Novosti Georgia said that as well as meeting with President Mikhail Saakashvili, Mehdi Safari would hold talks with Prime Minister Zurab Nogideli and Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili.
The two countries became energy partners earlier in the year, when Georgia signed an emergency contract with the Islamic Republic for natural gas supplies in the midst of a nationwide energy crisis. The Georgian leadership has expressed an interest in establishing long-term gas imports from Iran, including the construction of a gas pipeline connecting the countries via Armenia.
