Tuesday, September 24, 2013

President off to New York for UNGA

President off to New York for UNGA
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news id: 71478 - Monday 23 September 2013 - 10:12
President Hassan Rouhani left Tehran for New York Monday morning to take part in the 68th annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.


He is leading a ranking economic and political delegation to the event.

The representative of the Iranian Jews in the parliament is also accompanying the President in the visit.

President Rouhani is scheduled to deliver his first speech in the General Assembly on September 24.

He is also to address the meeting on nuclear disarmament on September 26 as the head of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

On September 27, President Rouhani will deliver another speech in the opening of the NAM foreign ministerial meeting.

Heads of state of 132 world countries will participate in the summit with another 61 countries sending their foreign ministers to the meeting.

Iran-5+1 meeting will take place on the sideline of the event. President Rouhani has already confirmed holding of the session in New York.

Dr.Rouhani will also have a tight schedule of bilateral meetings with statesmen from different world countries.

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