Iran has invited members of the UN Security Council To dinner

Tehran is under increasing attention to its nuclear program unexpectedly invited all members of the UN Security Council on the dinner, held in New York City residence of the Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN.

As the AFP, dinner was attended by representatives of all five countries – the permanent Security Council members. For Iran and the United States, among which there are no diplomatic relations, this dinner has become one of the few meetings at such high levels that have passed since the Islamic revolution of 1979.

The diplomats arrived in the ambassador’s residence on Fifth Avenue at about 18:30. Two hours later they left the building. At a dinner attended by diplomats, 13 of 15 countries represented at the Security Council – all except Nigeria and Gabon.

China has become the only permanent member of UN Security Council, which at the dinner was presented by the diplomatic mission. Permanent Representative United States, Britain, France and Russia sent their deputies.

He took guests on an unscheduled meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. , Told reporters after meeting Japan’s permanent representative to the UN Yuki Takashi, diplomats have not performed during the dinner talks, but only to share ideas. Talk of sanctions was unrelated.

In New York these days include a conference on the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). In the framework of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Tehran is ready to discuss the exchange of low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel abroad. It is assumed that the supply of Russian and French fuel for Iran’s research reactor guarantee the peaceful use of uranium.