FM Zarif to Head to New York Thursday
TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif will visit New York on Thursday to attend a high-level UN meeting and a session of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
During his six-day trip, Zarif will participate in a high-level meeting on peace-building and sustaining peace on April 24 and 25 organized by the United Nations.
He will also take part and deliver a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), founded in 1921, is a non-profit think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.
According to a report by IRIB, Zarif will also hold bilateral talks with his counterparts as well as a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Zarif’s meetings and speeches will focus on regional issues, including Syria and Yemen, and Iran’s nuclear deal.
Senior nuclear negotiator and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will be accompanying him in the visit.
On Tuesday, Zarif warned Iran’s reaction to a possible ditching of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by the United States would be "unpleasant” for Washington.
Addressing reporters in Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe, Zarif said Iran had on multiple occasions stressed that it would safeguard its national interests if the U.S. withdrew from the deal.
Zarif called the JCPOA a multilateral deal which cannot be renegotiated.
His warning came ahead of a May 12 deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Congress and the Europeans to "fix” the JCPOA or see him abandon it.
During his six-day trip, Zarif will participate in a high-level meeting on peace-building and sustaining peace on April 24 and 25 organized by the United Nations.
He will also take part and deliver a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), founded in 1921, is a non-profit think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.
According to a report by IRIB, Zarif will also hold bilateral talks with his counterparts as well as a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Zarif’s meetings and speeches will focus on regional issues, including Syria and Yemen, and Iran’s nuclear deal.
Senior nuclear negotiator and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will be accompanying him in the visit.
On Tuesday, Zarif warned Iran’s reaction to a possible ditching of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by the United States would be "unpleasant” for Washington.
Addressing reporters in Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe, Zarif said Iran had on multiple occasions stressed that it would safeguard its national interests if the U.S. withdrew from the deal.
Zarif called the JCPOA a multilateral deal which cannot be renegotiated.
His warning came ahead of a May 12 deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Congress and the Europeans to "fix” the JCPOA or see him abandon it.