Akbar Hashemi's memoirs - 1999 September 11 - Half-finished approvals of the recognition assembly on the issue of national culture and subcultures

Farewell to Bijan Namdar Zanganeh for the Hajj Umrah trip and consultation with the Secretary General of OPEC

Half-finished approvals of the Assembly of Recognition on the issue of national culture and subcultures.

A report on the result of yesterday's explosion in Moscow.

A report on the Algerian elections

Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Oil Minister] came. He said goodbye to Umrah for the trip and at the same time consulted, for the post of OPEC secretary, which we and Saudi Arabia are competing for. I emphasized that they should try to reach an agreement with Saudi Arabia. Our cooperation with Saudi Arabia solved the oil price issue and it should be strengthened.

The council [expediency detection] had a meeting. All the time was spent on the issue of national culture and sub-cultures and it did not end. The commission is weak. Until the night, I did the remaining tasks of the travel days; Many bulletins were condensed.

Since yesterday's explosion in Moscow, 85 people have been killed and 40 people are still missing. Due to the issue of Dagestan and the revenge of Muslim fighters, it was placed; that Russia is vulnerable and has trouble suppressing Mujahideen. In East Timor, the civil war has become more serious and the pressures of the anti-independence militias have caused many displaced people, and the United Nations and the United States consider the Indonesian government to be a supporter of the militias and have threatened it and asked it to accept international forces. It was announced that 85% of eligible people participated in the Algerian referendum and 99% of them voted positively for the proposal of [Abd al-Aziz] Bouteflika, [President of Algeria] regarding national peace.