I was busy with personal work and reading reports at the headquarters until half past nine in the morning. We went to the Umayyad Grand Mosque. We passed through Souq al-Hamid. On both sides of the road in the market, people had gathered and there were many Iranians among them who chanted while others clapped.
I was busy with personal work and reading reports at the headquarters until half past nine in the morning. We went to the Umayyad Grand Mosque. We passed through Souq al-Hamid. On both sides of the road in the market, people had gathered and there were many Iranians among them who were chanting while others were clapping.
After visiting the graves of Yahya bin Zakaria (a.s.) and Ras al-Hussein (a.s.) and praying the mosque gift and Fatiha for Salah al-Din Ayyubi, we went on foot to the shrine of Hazrat Ruqiyya (a.s.), which is under reconstruction. They make it well. We also gave gifts. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria was with us.
From there, we went to Hafez Asad's office. We had a discussion until one o'clock in the afternoon. Negotiations and decisions were made regarding Iraq and strengthening the opposition and gaining Saudi trust and cooperation for the opposition.
We went to Qasr Teshreen and closed the suitcase. After lunch and hurried prayers, Hafez Asad also arrived. We had a press interview and a radio and television interview together, which was warm, friendly and hopeful. We went to the airport. On the way, I talked with Assad about the IRGC staying in Lebanon; There was no problem.
The official send-off and the flight to Turkey was delayed by an hour at 3:30 in the afternoon. We landed at Ankara airport around five o'clock. An official welcome and 21 cannon shots were fired, just like in Syria. We do not shoot cannons for them in Iran.
I said to their ceremonial guard according to their own custom "Merhaba Askar" [= Greetings soldier]. After the introduction and press interview, Mr. Turgut Ozal said welcome and I thanked him. The ladies also had separate ceremonies to welcome Mrs. [Samira] Ozal, who recently won the party elections and is very happy. We went to the city with Ozal in a car. On the way, we had good questions and explanations; He has a good memory. He knows statistics.
Ankara is a green area. They have 400 mm of rain in this area. It rains more in other places. People gathered on both sides of the street and expressed many emotions. Wherever Iranians were, they were treated warmly and cheerfully. There were many Iranians in two or three places. We stopped in the car. The roof of the car moved back and we responded to their feelings. There were few women without hijab; Unlike the community of Iranians.
We went to our residence. In the presidential district, the building of their guest house is old and humble, but it has a green and clean environment. We are in the heights of Musharraf to Ankara, with our family and bodyguards. The companions settled in the hotel. Mehdi and Azam had also arrived from Tehran yesterday.
We went to the president's office. Negotiations started with the presence of foreign ministers and Dr. Rouhani, ambassadors of the two countries and two translators. He explained the good condition of telephone, telex, TV and satellite channels. Their situation is better than ours. They have fifteen live TV channels. European and American transmitters broadcast. They have eight million telephone lines; Even for villages.
We negotiated about Iraq issues; We agreed that Saddam's regime should go and democracy should be established and the displaced Kurds should return, but we postponed the solution to the next discussions. We attended the official dinner party with the speeches of both presidents. The hall of the Sham Assembly used to be a swimming pool, and due to the lack of space, it has been converted into a hall.
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