KHATAMI PROMISES TO CONCENTRATE ON ECONOMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS TEHRAN, AUG 26 (KUNA) -- IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD KHATAMI PROMISED HERE SUNDAY TO CONCENTRATE ON EFFORTS DURING HIS SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM ON ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS.
KHATAMI REMARKS CAME IN HIS SPEECH DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH CELEBRATION OF "MARTYR RAJ'EE".
KHATAMI POINTED OUT THAT THE BYLAWS AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT ARE CONCERNING REFORMING THE ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AS WELL AS CONSIDERING THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
HE EMPHASIZED THAT THOSE PROGRAMS AND BYLAWS WILL CONTINUE STRESSING ON ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ESTABLISHING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS DEMOCRACY TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
HE ADDED: "IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT AND DEPEND ON THE NATIONAL, HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY OF THE NATION AND LEAN ON STRONG ECONOMY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY'S TECHNICAL ABILITY." HE EMPHASIZED "THAT WILL NEED SUITABLE ABILITIES AND NATIONAL EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN ALL FIELDS AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING IRAN'S INTERNATIONAL ROLE TO ACHIEVE CIVIL AND HISTORICAL RANK FOR IRAN AND ITS PEOPLE." HE NOTED THAT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATION IN IRAN DOES NOT FIT IRANIAN PEOPLE STATUS, POINTING OUT THAT THE ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM IN THE COUNTRY IS COMPLICATED WHICH NEEDS A STAGE-BY-STAGE MOVE.
KHATAMI SAID THAT HIS FORMER GOVERNMENT WAS ABLE TO FIX THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC STRUCTURE WHILE FACING DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.
HE PROMISED TO DECREASE THE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVATE THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S ROLE AND LIBERATE BANKING TRANSACTIONS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BIGGEST SHARE OF ECONOMIC REFORM PRESSURE WHERE IN MOST COUNTRIES THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
KHATAMI LAST WEEK CHANGED SIX MINISTERS OF HIS NEW GOVERNMENT WHICH ENDS IN 2005. (END) MJ.FI KUNA 261922 Aug 01NNNN