Salehi: UN Chief Not To Make Remarks To Please Others

Tehran, Feb 18, IRNA – Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi here on Monday stressed that the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is not to make remarks to please others. Making the statement in reaction to the recent remarks made by the UN chief, he said such an attitude will make him lose his credibility as the international body’s chief and a global personality. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the gathering of Iran and regional cooperation in Urasia, he also said that the UN secretary general, as an international figure, ought to express his view free of partiality. He also called on the UN chief to base his views on facts./end