Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 3, 1996

[Mr. Hasan Muratovic], Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina came. He gave a report on the progress of the implementation of Dayton peace and expressed his satisfaction. He emphasized that despite the opposition of America, they are determined to work with Iran. He asked us to help them in reconstruction and military affairs and administration of war victims. He asked for private time and said, America and Jews helped a lot in the war and now they want Bosnia to recognize Israel. He asked for our opinion. I said that we do not want to impose our opinion on you. Do as you see fit, and we understand your situation, but we know that you will lose some of your Muslim supporters, and there are many Muslim countries that have good relations with America and have not recognized Israel. He wanted to use our influence on Croatia to solve the problems of Bosnian Muslims; They are worried about the problems they have with Croatia.

The market regulation headquarters had a meeting with several approvals and positive evaluation of past performance and presenting these policies with reforms in the coming year. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, we approved the promotion of salaries and group of government employees. I went to [Mehrabad] airport to welcome [Mr. Burhanuddin Rabbani], the President of Afghanistan. They went to Saadabad and I went to the leadership office. We talked about the elections and issues of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I went to Saadabad. I had a private negotiation with Mr. Rabbani first. He explained the situation in Afghanistan and said that the Pakistanis have informally sent a message of reconciliation through their ambassador in Moscow and one of the party leaders. He said, they have realized that the Taliban will fail. He claims that America and Pakistan have supported the Taliban and now they regret it. He said that his issues with Mr. [Gulbadin] Hekmatyar, [the leader of Afghanistan's Islamic Party] are being resolved and with [Mohammad Karim] Khalili, [the leader of Afghanistan's Islamic Unity Party], he has no major problems and he has enough strength to defend himself. He is very grateful for Iran's assistance and said that the leaders of Saudi Arabia obey America. A stream from the time of the Afghan Jihad narrated that during a trip to Saudi Arabia, they requested to meet with the King of Saudi Arabia, but were denied, and when they found out that he was going to America, they met with confusion. Formal negotiations and dinner were held.