Iran's President Ahmadinejad Issues Permission for UN Chief's Visit to N. Facilities.(Fars). Salehi made the remarks on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) underway in Tehran on Wednesday. "UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's tour of Iran's nuclear sites has been planned, and the visit will be done in case of his personal willingness," Salehi told reporters here in Tehran on Wednesday.
He added that Iran has made the necessary arrangements for the NAM leaders' visit to different Iranian cities, including a tour of Natanz nuclear facilities, as well.
Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tehran minutes ago to attend the 16th heads-of-state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and confer with Iranian officials on different regional and international developments. Earlier, Iranian officials had said that Ban Ki-moon will visit Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility on the sidelines of his presence at the Tehran summit. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs Mehdi Akhoundzadeh told FNA that "the UN secretary-general will visit Isfahan province during his stay in Iran", while other sources said his presence in Isfahan will be aimed at a visit to the Natanz facility.
Meantime, participants in the NAM meeting in Tehran are due to go on a tour of Iranian nuclear sites and facilities on the sidelines of the gathering. Uranium enrichment has been a bone of contention in the nuclear raw between Iran and the US-led West in recent years. NAM, as the largest grouping of countries outside the United Nations which includes two-third of the world nations, has always stressed its support for Iran's peaceful nuclear activities, including enrichment.Read the full story here.
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