Zarif off to New York for UN event
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for New York Monday morning to take part in a United Nations event.
According to his spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the foreign minister is going to attend the signing ceremony of documents on climate change based on Paris Agreement.
He said Zarif will also meet with a number of world officials and hold talks with his American counterpart John Kerry on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
He will also deliver a speech in a gathering of Harvard University graduates.
Zarif’s deputies for International and Legal Affaris Abbas Araqchi and for Europe and American Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi as well as Jaberi Ansari are accompanying him in the visit.
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