Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 2, 1992

I did the work in my office until nine o'clock in the morning and went to the leader's office to attend the meeting of Kazakh guests with Ayatollah Khamenei. Their talks were short and friendly and focused on cooperation between the two countries. They came to the meeting without shoes. I saw that Nazarbayev's socks are like gloves that separate the toes.

We came to my office for the second round of negotiations. We negotiated some informally and some in an official and public meeting. They liked Isfahan very much and decided to add one day to their stay in Iran and go to Kish Island. I welcomed them and told them to prepare food.

In a private negotiation, he suggested that we send a military group to Almaty [Kazakhstan's capital] to see the coast-to-coast missile industries and sell them to us; I accepted In the official negotiations, the work report of five committees was given; Because of the pressure on them, they have not made a decision about cultural appointments; They have been scared by our cultural and propaganda activities. It was supposed to be done during my trip to Almaty. The rest of the committees had completed and prepared the draft text, which was signed by the relevant ministers and officials in the presence of us and reporters. He and I signed a joint statement.

He suggested that the final interview be done at the same place instead of the airport, which I accepted and it was done. We talked and gave two answers to two questions of Izvestia newspapers of Russia and the Republic of Kazakhstan. We went to the airport together. On the way, he said that [Boris] Yeltsin, [President of Russia] is a good person and his fault is that he consumes a lot of alcoholic beverages and it often happens that he makes wrong decisions when he is drunk and people around him take advantage of this weakness.

At the airport, the representative of the Kazakh immigrants to Iran introduced me and asked us not to pressure them to leave, especially those who came to Iran from Afghanistan. He said that there are about ten thousand Kazakhs in Iran, many of whom have chosen Iranian citizenship. They flew to Kish with an official escort. Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi, [Deputy for Europe and America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] and Mehdi also went with them. Overall, the trip and negotiations were good; Very sincere, friendly and professional.

I went to my office. Chastity also came for lunch. I did the work till night. The Economic Council did not have a meeting. I used the pool last night. I came home at half past seven. Eft had made a kebab from the meat of the hunt that Yaser had killed.