President Ahmadinejad arrives in Ardebil

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heading a delegation arrived in this northwestern provincial capital city Monday morning as part of his regular provincial tours. Upon arrival in the city, the President was welcomed by the Supreme Leader’s representative, the provincial governor and a number of other local officials. President Ahmadinejad's visit is aimed at inaugurating 5,900 Mehr residential units and several other provincial development projects. The fourth round of Ahmadinejad's provincial tour is aimed at following up implementation of the projects that had been approved during the previous rounds of his provincial tours. He made the initiative to visit different provinces when he took office in 2005 in order to bring closer the government to ordinary people.