By NNN-IRNA,
New York : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has held discussions with UN chief Ban Ki-moon on major regional and international developments including Iran’s nuclear dispute and the issue of Palestine.
Ahmadinejad is currently in New York to attend the 63rd UN General Assembly annual meeting.
He is to address the UN 63rd General Assembly meeting on Tuesday evening local time.
Referring to the issue of Palestine, he said in the near future he would send to the UN secretary general, Iran’s initiative to settle the issue of Palestine by conducting a free referendum throughout the occupied land.
As for the issue of Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme, Ahmadinejad voiced Tehran’s willingness to resolve the problem through negotiations.
The president stressed that Iranians are in favour of dialogue.
He added that solving Iran’s dispute with the West over the country’s peaceful nuclear issue required adoption of a fair attitude by both sides.
The UN secretary general called for resolving the issue through negotiations.