Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will address the UN General assembly in New York next week but is **t scheduled to meet Barack Obama, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. Rouhani's first major foreign visit as president was to last year's General Assembly, where he held a historic telephone call with Obama on the sidelines, the highest level contact between the two countries since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. "** meeting with Obama is scheduled" during Rouhani's visit to New York, the official IRNA news agency quoted spokesman Mohammad Bagher **bakht as saying. Fresh talks about Iran's contested nuclear programme are set to begin on Thursday, and Rouhani will meet his foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Iran's negotiating team during his visit.
09-18-2014, 11:19 AM
Iran's Rouhani to attend UN assembly
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will address the UN General assembly in New York next week but is **t scheduled to meet Barack Obama, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. Rouhani's first major foreign visit as president was to last year's General Assembly, where he held a historic telephone call with Obama on the sidelines, the highest level contact between the two countries since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. "** meeting with Obama is scheduled" during Rouhani's visit to New York, the official IRNA news agency quoted spokesman Mohammad Bagher **bakht as saying. Fresh talks about Iran's contested nuclear programme are set to begin on Thursday, and Rouhani will meet his foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Iran's negotiating team during his visit.
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