The entire morning was spent studying and walking. The children were enjoying themselves at sea, riding the waves and going out on boats.
The entire morning was spent studying and walking. The children were enjoying themselves at sea, riding the waves and going out on boats. I was worried that the children riding the waves might drown. They were using something shaped like a banana, on which several people sit, attached to the back of a boat and pulled rapidly through the water. When the boat makes a turn, there is a considerable risk of it overturning. In the afternoon, I swam in the sea. Mohsen and Effat came to Kish from Dubai. They said that Dubai had been quiet this year and that goods were very expensive.
At night, the newly elected members of the Kish City Council came. They said that the total number of votes cast in Kish was only four thousand, which is very low. There is considerable ambiguity regarding their duties and powers. It is not clear whether Kish is a city or a village. It has no mayor, but it has a district governor. The Kish Development Organization does not recognize the council. They have no budget, building, or facilities, and their future financial resources are unknown. I told them to try to coordinate with the [Kish Development Organization].
In international affairs, the situation in Serbia and Kosovo is receiving attention. The countdown to NATO's military attack on Yugoslavia has begun.
Yevgeny Primakov, the Prime Minister of Russia, who was on his way to the United States, ordered his plane to turn back and returned to Moscow. He said that Europe and America would repeat the experience of Vietnam in Serbia and would regret it.
American B-52 aircraft took off from bases in Britain. Slobodan Milosevic, the President of Serbia, is showing determination. The Kosovo Liberation Army has accepted NATO's proposal, but he has not. China has also joined Russia in opposing the attack, and they have called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Early in the evening, news arrived that Milosevic was willing to negotiate. It is unlikely that NATO will accept this. They want him to surrender and regard this move as an attempt to buy time.
News that a giant Russian Antonov cargo plane had been stopped at Baku Airport has caused considerable concern. They say it is carrying six MiG fighter aircraft for Yugoslavia. The Russians, however, have denied this and said that it is carrying Kazakh goods for Yugoslavia.
Today, a group of pilgrims chanted slogans against America and Israel while performing the circumambulation. They calmed down when Saudi security forces arrived. The Israelis want to claim that these people are Iranian.
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