Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 16, 1991

We packed our bags for our return and had breakfast early. General Bashir came to visit the Nile River, which was not on the agenda before, and we went to the Nile River together. We boarded an old and faded ship. The floor was furnished and furnished with sofas. It was a bit cold when the companions took refuge in the sun, we went to the meeting point of the two branches of the blue and white Nile.

Two Niles connect Khartoum to Omdurman and Omdurman to Khartoum Bahri, and Parrot Island is among the three parts of the capital. They said the water depth is about 12 meters. It has 80 billion cubic meters of water annually, 20 billion of which belong to Sudan and 60 billion to Egypt. The Sudanese are not satisfied with the agreement that was already made by the British.

I had a short interview about the importance of the Nile with Sudan TV. We visited two big mosques, Mahdi's tomb, Omdurman TV tower and Parliament. This program caused a delay in the programs and consequently caused a delay in the flight time and arrival time in Tehran.

We went to the Republic Palace. It is an interesting building that was built one hundred and seventy years ago. Overlooking the Nile, like most of the other government buildings in Sudan, it is in the same place where they said that their land is waqf, and now that the country has become Islamic, the land waqf deed has been issued and the waqf is like a property and it is rented.

With the presence of a group of members of the Sudan Revolutionary Council and my companions, we had a private negotiation. They talked about the problem of oil supply. Their appointment with Libya will end in a month. Libya has not renewed the travel permit for Sudan's Finance Minister, as if Egypt and America are interfering.

They asked us to give them 286 million dollars worth of oil in the next year, in two-year installments, and to forgive the interest on their previous debt, which is 93 million dollars, and to take the principal, which is 61 million dollars, in two installments. I didn't promise and I said that we are in a tight spot and we are looking at it with a positive view and it should be approved in the parliament. They were shocked, but there was no other way. They took the loan during the time of the king.

We agreed on building roads and dams, giving weapons, and buying goods. The military, commercial, technical and training agreements were signed by Mohsen Rezaei, [Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC] and Frouzesh, [Minister of Jihad and Construction] and the Sudanese parties. There was disorder in the signing ceremony. We had come to the meeting before preparing. Because we were in a hurry due to the delay.

We had a joint press interview with al-Bashir. Because we were short on time, we limited ourselves to a few sentences. Iranians, Sudanese and Egyptians asked questions and more than me.

We went to the airport and with an official escort similar to arrival, we flew two hours late. Most of the companions, including Efat and Fati, etc., will go to Makkah for Umrah by another plane. Their visa work is not over yet. On the way, we passed Jeddah, Riyadh and Bahrain.

We prayed noon and evening prayers on the plane. I sent a message to King Fahd and Emir of Bahrain. The summation of the statistics of the trip to Sudan was positive and important among the companions on the plane. We entered Mehrabad airport at sunset. It was received with enthusiasm. I did a short interview. It was well received by the people. I came home Yasser was at home and had already arrived with the delegation of Mr. Vahaji [Minister of Commerce].

He said that the Saudis did not want to allow the plane to land. When they found out that Faiza and Yasir were on the plane, they accepted them without visas and gave them a warm welcome and made them all guests and took them to the hotel and gave them Ihram clothes and escorted them to Medina, Mecca and Jeddah and opened the Baqi cemetery for pilgrimage at night.

Yasir cooked eggs and we had dinner together. They brought the reports from the office. I read them until twelve o'clock. I talked to the leader on the phone.

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