On May 22, 2007, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the President the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the framework of the official visit to the Republic of Belarus, visited National Library of Belarus, where A.G. Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, and the President of Iran held a press conference.
During the Library tour the high-ranking guest was acquainted with history, resources and potential of the Library, which is information, social, cultural, and political centre of Belarus. Members of Iran delegation visited as well the Museum of a Book where Mahmud Ahmadinejad wrote his entry to the Guests of Honor's Book.
During the visit of Iran delegation to National Library of Belarus was signed the Memorandum on mutual understanding between National Library of Belarus and Organization for documentation and National Library of Iran. The document provides for exchange of books, publications, and other library and archive materials. The parties will cooperate in the field of library and archive scientific researches, and publish in their editions articles on library science and information technologies. The document was signed by R. Motulski, the director of National Library of Belarus, and Abdolhamid Fekri, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Belarus.
