Tehran, Iran, August 31
By Mehdi Sepahvand - Trend:
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit New York to attend the UN General Assembly which will commence on September 15.
Plans have been made for Zarif to meet some officials from other countries while there, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi told the state-run Radio Javan August 31.
In answer to the question if President Hassan Rouhani will also attend the assembly, the diplomat said, “We are examining the grounds in order to come up with the right decision.”
Rouhani has attended the three previous UN General Assembly sessions as Iran’s president. This year’s session will be the last to fall on his present presidential term.