Iran to attend UN disarmament
ILNA- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend a high profile meeting on disarmament while at the UN General Assembly next week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday The Iranian leader has also asked for a meeting with the UN chief.
Iran’s President is to visit New York for the UN General Assembly next week.
Ban has organized a high level meeting on disarmament on September 24 and he said Ahmadinejad was expected to be there. US President Barack Obama is not expected to be among leaders at the disarmament event however as he is already committed to attending a meeting on Sudan the same day.
The UN leader added however that Iran’s president has requested a bilateral meeting. "I have received a request from him for a bilateral meeting and I’m now in the process of making a detailed schedule with all the requests which I have received.
" The six countries leading international negotiations with Iran on its nuclear ambitions -- Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France and Germany -- are expected to meet on the sidelines of the annual UN Assembly.
Western nations suspect Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb. Iran insists its research is peaceful.
8th Expert Assembly session starts
IRNA – The 8th official meeting of the Assembly of Experts started here on Tuesday morning
Iran’s President is to visit New York for the UN General Assembly next week.
Ban has organized a high level meeting on disarmament on September 24 and he said Ahmadinejad was expected to be there. US President Barack Obama is not expected to be among leaders at the disarmament event however as he is already committed to attending a meeting on Sudan the same day.
The UN leader added however that Iran’s president has requested a bilateral meeting. "I have received a request from him for a bilateral meeting and I’m now in the process of making a detailed schedule with all the requests which I have received.
" The six countries leading international negotiations with Iran on its nuclear ambitions -- Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France and Germany -- are expected to meet on the sidelines of the annual UN Assembly.
Western nations suspect Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb. Iran insists its research is peaceful.
8th Expert Assembly session starts
IRNA – The 8th official meeting of the Assembly of Experts started here on Tuesday morning
The meeting began by recitation of verses of the holy Quran and the opening speech of Chairman of the assembly Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani.
Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, a member of the 86-member assembly, will then deliver a speech on the cultural issues.
During their two-day meeting, the participant members will attend the Mausoleum of the Founder of the Islamic Republic to renew allegiance with the late Imam Khomeini and they will also meet with the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei