MOSCOW ATTENDANCE OF THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT - HISTORICAL EVENT IN
RELATIONS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES








MOSCOW, 11 March (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent).  The
attendance of the Iranian president Mohammed Chatami in Moscow is a
historical event in the relations between Russia and Iran.  That said
the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow, Mehdi Safari, on Sunday on a press
conference in Moscow.

" it concerns the first visite on such level in the relations between
the two countries for 40 years.  During the attendance important
documents are signed, daruner contract over the bases of the relations
and over principles of co-operation, a common assertion over the Kaspi
sea like also several assertions to current international and regional
problems. "  The Ambassador emphasized in particular that the
attendance of the Iranian president in Moscow has one expressed a
political character.  " questions of military-technical co-operation
are brought thereby not to the language ", stressed the struggle-high
Iranian diplomat.

Chatami is from 12 to 15 March in the Russian capital.  It follows an
invitation of Russian president Vladimir Putin.