IRANIAN PRESIDENT A SHOWS AN INTEREST FOR THE RUSSIAN CENTER OF
DIRECTION OF THE SPACE FLIGHTS








MOSCOW, March 13.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  The second day of its
official visit in Russia Iranian president Sayed Mohammad Khatami A
commencee by the visit, Tuesday, of the Russian Center of direction of
the space flights.  The Iranian president shows a great interest for
the study of the Russian experiment as regards cosmonautic.  For this
reason it came in the center to see there the Russian recent
achievements in the field of the domestication of Space.

Later, Sayed Mokhammad Khatami will intervene in front of the
professors and the students of the Institute of the international
relations of Moscow.  The vice-chancellor of the Institute will give,
in a solemn climate, with the Iranian president the diploma for the
occupation of doctor of philosophy honoris caused for his merites
particular as regards philosophy in particular for his design of the
dialogue between civilizations.

The Iranian president will have to also visit the Lomonossov
University of Moscow or it will discuss with the representants the
administration, professors and students.  Then, the Iranian president
and the Iranian businessmen which accompany it in its voyage will
belong to the negotiations with the persons in charge of the Union of
the industrialists and the contractors of Russia.

One representant of this Union A declares has RIA " Novosti " that
Russia considerait Iran like a functioning promising and advantageous
of flow of Russian products.  This country was to be taken very with
serieux because its commercial and economic potential will be able to
enable him to occupy in the future of the solid positions not only on
the functioning international of hydrocarbons, but also in other
fields of the world division of work.

The businessmen forming part of the Iranian delegation have declares
has their turn has RIA " Novosti " that the trade co-operation,
economic and industrial between Iran and Russia was to be developpee
in the context of the interests reciproques to be able to progress
considerably in these fields.  The significant one for the two
countries is of creer mechanisms of financing of the concus projects
within the framework of the co-operation bilaterale, and initially in
the fields of energy, aeronautic constructions, the gas and oil
industries, have underlines the Iranian businessmen.  According to
them, it is also important to reunir conditions for the ratification
and the entree into force of the intergovernmental agreement of
creation of the corridor of " North-South " transport.

According to the Iranian ministry of the Businesses etrangeres,
president Mohammad Khatami attaches a great importance to the
negotiations, Tuesday, with the sheik Ravil Gainoutdin, president of
the Council of the muftis of Russia.

" the Islamic Republic of Iran must know has which point the Moslem
population of the Federation of Russia is it free in the expression of
its religious feelings and in the celebration of the rites ", have
underlines the Iranian diplomats.