RUSSIA CAN PLAY AN EFFECTIVE ROLE IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD, A DECLARES
THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN








MOSCOW, March 14.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  Russia can play a " role
worthy and effective " in a multipolar world, that whose temoignent "
the role plays by Russia in the world, its efforts deployes to today
choose a national model of development and its opposition has the
establishment of a world command has a pole ", A declares the
president of Iran Sayed Mohammad Khatami in his intervention prononcee
in front of the deputes of Douma (Lower House of the Russian
Parliament).

The bringing together between Iran and Russia is in conformity with
the interests of the people of the two countries and represente not a
threat for the others, A underlines the Iranian president.  Iran and
Russia make a great contribution has the security of the two areas,
has it says.

The Iranian president east decides for the co-operation between Iran
and Russia.  According to him, the vicinity of Iran and Russia A
contributes, lasting of the centuries, has the establishment of the
major contacts between them.

These dernieres years, the co-operation between the two countries
received a significant impulse, it pointed out.  According to Khatami,
several joint projects are in the process of realization.  It is in
particular about the completion of the construction of the power
station nucleaire has Bushehr and of the creation of the corridor of
North-South transport.  Moreover, the project of construction of new
nuclear and thermal power stations is has the study, as well as the
petroliers projects.  The scientific and industrial contacts are
developpent.

Speaking in front of the deputes, Iranian president A underlines the
necessite to raise the level of the regional co-operation in
connection with the problems of the Caucasus, the Central Asia,
Caspian, the Close relation and the Middle East.  Khatami A expresses
the hope which the efforts combine of the two countries, in particular
Parliaments, will allow to increase the possibilities of cooperer in
many fields.