Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 25, 1995

Abdul Halim Khaddam, [Syrian Vice President] and Farouk al-Shara, [Syrian Foreign Minister] and their companions came. I asked questions about the negotiations with Israel. The result was that they did not make any progress and Israel has not yet explicitly agreed to evacuate the Golan and the agreement is only to the extent that the security of both sides will not be harmed. He accepted that Syria continues to negotiate to escape from the pressures, and that America needs the principle of negotiation for the upcoming elections, and criticized Arafat and Malekhossein for being arrogant and destabilizing the Arab front. He had nothing about Iraq either.

The market regulation headquarters had a meeting with several resolutions. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, we approved the regulations of Note 3 and agreed to take extraordinary measures to convert rainfed lands to wet ones. I also promised direct cooperation.

I was a guest of the leadership. We talked about my trip to Azerbaijan. They were very happy with the results of the trip. We have not completed the negotiations regarding the taxes on goods, services and products approved by the parliament. They had questions about raising the salaries of managers. I told about the message of Mr. Sultan Qaboos. I have a fever since last night and I can tolerate it with painkillers.