Tehran, YJC. Rouhani spoke to a number of senior editors in New York on Tuesday before his UN General Assembly speech.
In answer to a question by the NBC reporter regarding the
chances of a meeting between Iran and US leaders, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
said "There has been no arrangement for such a meeting and logically, there
will be none.”
Regarding relations with Saudi Arabia he said "Our
relationship with Saudi Arabia ... deserves to be warmer,”
"Saudi Arabia’s
positions are getting closer and closer to us.” Speaking through an
interpreter, Rouhani added that if the two nations’ differences are truly
narrowing, "relations with Saudi Arabia will grow closer.”
Separately, French President Francois Hollande told Rouhani
during a meeting at the U.N. headquarters that "every support” was required to
find political solutions with regard to Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, the Daily Star
reports.
The two presidents "exchanged views on the way to combat
terrorism,” according to a statement from the French presidency issued at the
end of the meeting.
The Iranian president attended the Climate Summit at UN
headquarters as well on Tuesday.
Also, British Prime Minister David Cameron is to meet his
Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, over the next two days in New York – the
first bilateral talks between the two sides at this level of seniority since
the 1979 revolution.
The British media mentioned that the meeting of Hassan
Rouhani and David Cameron will be a historic meeting.
According to Germany’s deputy spokesperson, German FM
Steinmeier will also meet with Iran’s president in New York.