Upon his arrival at Ilam airport, President Ahmadinejad and his accompanying cabinet members were welcomed by a number of senior provincial officials.



Ahmadinejad started the second round of his provincial tours on November 7 aimed at following up the implementation of the projects which had been approved during the first round of his visit to different provinces last year.



During his three-day stay in this western province, the chief executive is scheduled to chair a cabinet session and attend various working groups.



The president made the initiative to visit different provinces since he took office in 2005 in order to bring closer the government to ordinary people.

Ilam, Dec 5, IRNA