Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 2, 1995

[Mr. Mehdi Mirabutalebi], our new ambassador in Turkmenistan, came to say goodbye and get opinions and explained the problems that have arisen for businessmen due to the new currency policies. Mr. [Mahmoud] Quchani came from the political ideology of the army. He gave explanations about the propaganda and cultural program in residential complexes of military families and asked for tools.

[Mr. Walker Musharraf Hussain], Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Bangladesh and the accompanying delegation came. He expressed his happiness about my future trip there and explained the agreement on cooperation with Iran in gas and oil affairs, buying bitumen and using Iran's experiences. Mr. [Gholamreza] Aghazadeh, [Minister of Oil] - both before and after the meeting - gave explanations about the things that can be cooperated with Bangladesh and the negotiations of the OPEC meeting in Venezuela.

[Mr. John Rigel Erwich, the vice president of the Senate and] the Spanish parliamentary delegation came. The meeting was short and ceremonial; For them, the principle of meeting was important. They said some of the historical and cultural importance and hospitality of Iran. Mr. [Abu Talib] Shalchian, [President's Economic Adviser] came. He presented a report on the performance of the new group of consultants and the theory they gave about GAT.

In the evening, we had a telephone conversation with Mr. [Helmut] Kohl, the Chancellor of Germany. His first message was to assure me that the European Union will not allow the rights of Bosnian Muslims to be lost, and other than that, we had nothing important to say. According to the agreement, we have telephone negotiations at specific times. He says, these phones are useful, but I don't see much use for them. I told them to put pressure on Israel to hand over the hijacked plane to us and establish government insurance coverage for ten-year credit from German banks to Iran for one billion dollars.

Mr. Amrollahi, [head of the Atomic Energy Organization], informed that the Chinese government has reported to the international agency how to cooperate in the construction of the uranium enrichment center in Isfahan, for power plant fuel; Our desire was to give the news in a controlled manner.