Iran Press- President Hassan Rouhani will depart Tehran for New York next Sunday (September 23) and will be back home next Wednesday (September 26), Iranian President's Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information Parviz Esmaeili told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
The official said that president Rouhani will give lecture not only in the UNGA but also in a peace summit held on the sidelines of the international event in commemoration of anti-apartheid leader of South Africa, late Nelson Mandela.
The president will meet with the media senior editors, foreign policy elites and a number of Islamic communities in the US, Esmaeili noted.
He said president Rouhani will also meet with a number of his counterparts from other countries, the UN secretary general and also heads of some international organizations.
The president is expected also to have interviews with some international media and to hold a press conference for the media present in New York.
The 73rd UN General Assembly starts on September 18 up to September 25.
The United Nations General Assembly annual meetings, which are held regularly in New York in September, are the biggest political gathering in the world in which dozens of world leaders take part and address the meetings on the most critical national and international issues.
Since taking office in Aug 2013, President Rouhani has attended regularly the previous meetings of the UN General Assembly.
On Tuesday, foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of an exhibition dedicated to showcasing the role of the foreign ministry in the course of the 8 year war of 1980-88, commenting upon the upcoming visit of President Hassan Rouhani to New York for the annual UN General Assembly.
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