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Rouhani and Zarif received visas for participation in the UN General Assembly in New York

9/19/2019, 8:02:11 PM

The Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN said that President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received visas to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.


“Yes, they got visas,” RIA Novosti quoted the diplomat as saying.

Earlier, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the organization is in contact with US authorities on the issue of issuing American visas to Iranian representatives.

US leader Donald Trump said he would prefer not to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

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