MP Views Rouhani’s Presence at UN Good Opportunity for Peace Establishment

A senior Iranian legislator underlined that President Hassan Rouhani’s presence in New York to participate in the UN General Assembly meeting is a good opportunity to foster peace and security in the world.
Member of the parliament’s Judicial and Legal Commission Mohammad Moussavi Sajasi noted that Iran has always played a pivotal role in the regional and globe arenas.

Declaring the stances of the Islamic Iran at the UN meeting will prepare the ground for establishment of security and order across the globe, he told the Islamic republic news agency on Thursday.

He stressed that the presence of Rouhani in the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting is a good chance for Iran to expand its global interactions.

President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are slated to participate in the 68th annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York due to open on 17 September.

“The visit will certainly take place and he will travel to New York,” Zarif told reporters in Tehran earlier this month.

Elaborating on the agenda of Iranian President’s visit, he said, “Mr. Rouhani will have three speeches at the UN.”

Zarif said that Rouhani will first address the UN General Assembly followed by his speech at the nuclear disarmament summit as the president of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)’s Secretariat and then an address to the NAM foreign ministers.

In August, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited Iranian President Rouhani to participate in the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in September.