Tehran, YJC. Zarif says that the president is scheduled to visit New York for attending the UN General Assembly and a number of other meetings.
Speaking
at the end of the cabinet session on Wednesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mohammadjavad Zarif in answer to a question concerning the probability of the
president’s attendance to the upcoming UN meeting that the trip is settled and Rouhani
is to visit New York.
Providing comments on the president’s schedule
during the trip, Zarif added "Mr. Rouhani will make three speeches in the UN. The
first speech will be made at the UN General Assembly, the second one will be
made as the Secretary of the NAM at the Summit on Nuclear Disarmament, and the
third will be made with the foreign ministers of NAM member states.
He pointed out that Rouhani's other plans for
the trip are being scheduled.
In answer to a question saying "Would you visit
the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the sidelines of the UN
meetings?” Zarif said "We have no problem with such a meeting, but what is
important is what outcome it will have.”
Also, in answer to a question regarding the members
of the Iranian nuclear negotiation team, he said "The members of the team are
appointed and the report will be issued by the president’s office.”
Asked if Iran has given the US any special
message on Syria, the Foreign Minister said "We have not given the US any
message to be special in that sense. Our positions have been quite clear from the
beginning and we oppose any kind of military attack outside of the frameworks
of the UN.”
Zarif further asserted "Part of the extremist
forces in the US and also in the region seek to make the US enter a new war.”