Iranian President goes to UN General Assembly
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Saturday September 15, 2007 13:56
by Leon
President Ahmadinejad of Iran will stay in New York for two days before foing on to visit President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York on the 24th of September to attend the United Nation's 62nd General Assembly session. He will stay in the city for two days and will be accompanied by a high-level delegation. This will be the Iranian president's third visit to the United States since his election in 2005.
President Ahmadinejad will speak at the UN General Assembly, and will meet with other leaders and with official Iranian representatives at the UN headquarters and Iranians living in the US.
Last year, the Iranian leader criticized the UN Security Council and its permanent members, the US and Britain, for "committing crimes" in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying that therefore the Security Council and the sanctions it imposed on his country over its nuclear plan had no legal validation.
President Ahmadinejad will then visit Venezuela for a meeting with President Hugo Chavez.