Pres: Gov’t Pursuing People’s Demands Based On Leader’s Policies

Tehran, Sept 30, IRNA – In the framework of the Supreme Leader’s policies, the government tries to implement the people’s demands and remains committed to the promises it has vowed to the people and evolution in foreign policies, said Presideent Hassan Rohani here Sunday. According to IRNA, the Presidential Office website further quoted President Rohani as reporting at the beginning of the cabinet session of his government about the objectives and plans of his visit of New York to attend the 68th UN annual General Assembly. Pointing out that evolution of the foreign relations is a national wish and demand, he added, “In this visit while preserving the basic stances of the Isalmic Republic of Iran, refraining from extremism, and observing the ethical rules and politeness in it relations, the government pursuing our country’s objectives.” The president emphasized, “The government considers itself the defender of public interests and spends efforts aimed at materializing national interests. He appreciated the noble Iranian nation, saying, “The Iranian election changed the worldview about our country and created a very appropriate atmosphere for hearing the righteous messages of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Rohani reiterated, “The plans pursued in this visit were opportunities for elaborating those stances.” ** In talks with my American counterpart I concentrated on preserving our country’s nuclear rights On his phone talk with the US President Barack Obama, too, he said, “I mainly focused in that talk on resolving the Iranian nuclear issue and preserving the nuclear rights of our country.” He added, “In that (phone) talk accelerating the efforts aimed at eliminating of the obstacles in the way, too, was agreed by both sides.” After hearing the president’s report the cabinet members while voicing their full support for his programs during the visit and considering as precious its achievements appreciated President Rohani’s wise conduct in improvement of international relations and precise elaboration of the basic stances of our country. President Hassan Rohani had earlier said that the US President Barack Obama had acknowledged Iran’s nuclear rights during his phone conversation with him. The President made the remarks while talking to IRNA upon his arrival in Mehrabad international airport here Saturday back from his visit to New York for 68th United Nations General Assembly. He said that the conversation with President Obama mainly focused on the nuclear issue. He said Obama stressed that the nuclear program was not only an issue pertaining to the rights of the nation and the national progress but also something pinned to national pride and honor. Referring to his visit to New York, he said the most important achievement of the trip was realization of the fact that ground is apt for solving issues. The President said to get to this goal, it was necessary to adopt the policy offered by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution which focuses on “heroic flexibility”. Asked to comment on the reasons for not having a meeting with President Obama, he said the only reason was the lack of time. He noted that during the days he was preparing for his visit to New York, he received the first information that US officials were keen on a meeting between President Obama and him, with the invitation having been renewed when he was in New York. However, the President said, there was not enough time for the Iranian delegation to get prepared for the meeting. He pointed out that given numerous issues existed between Iran and the US in the past six decades, many things had to be arranged for the two presidents to have a meeting. Due to his tight schedule, he noted, any meetings between the two presidents might have turned out as unripe. He said that some American media assessed the turning down of the US president’s invitation by Iran as a humiliation for the US. President Rohani dismissed such claims, saying that the reason for not having a meeting was just the lack of time for making necessary arrangements. President Rohani noted that during his New York trip he met with a number of senior foreign officials who all admitted Iran’s role, the greatness of the Iranian nation and the significance of the recent elections in Iran./end