PRESIDENT OF IRAN:  RUSSIA KNOWS MULTIPOLE ARENE IN A WORLD AN
EFFECTIVE ROLE PLAYS








MOSCOW, 14 March.  / RIA "Nowosti" Korr. /.  In multipole arene a
world knows Russia " appreciates and effective role " to play.  Of it
the " role of Russia in the world and its today's efforts witness
around the selection of the national development model and working
against a single-pole world order ".  Such an opinion expressed the
president of Iran Sayed Mohammad Khatami in its speech before the
delegates of the House of Commons of the Russian parliament.

The Iranian president underlined that the approximation of Iran and
Russia corresponds to the interests of the peoples of the two
countries and represents no danger for the others.  With the fact he
emphasized that Iran and Russia make a large contribution for the
guarantee of the security of the two regions as well as for the
production of the peace and for the maintenance of the economic
development in Iran.

The president of Iran expressed itself for the co-operation of Iran
with Russia.  After words Khatamis contributed the " neighbourhood of
Iran and Russia in the course of centuries to the production of deep
relations between them ".

It stressed that co-operation between the two countries had received a
considerable impulse in the last years.  Thus to words Khatamis is put
at present a set of community projects into practice.  Among other
things completion of the building of the nuclear power station in
Bushehr and building of the north south feed passage.  Additionally
the project for the building of new core and thermal power stations as
well as oil projects and develops the relations in science and
industry is checked.

In its speech before the delegates of the Staatsduma the president of
Iran expressed the opinion over the necessity, the level of regional
co-operation in connection with questions of the Caucasus, central
Asia, the Kaspisee, to increase an approaching and the middle east.
Khatami lent printout to its hope that the common efforts of the two
countries, among other things the parliaments, will enable it to
develop co-operation in many areas.