Rubio says US open to Iran meeting at UN, nothing planned yet
The US secretary of state says he is open to a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, which top Iranian officials are attending.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed openness to meeting with Iranian officials on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, according to an NBC interview on Tuesday. However, Rubio clarified that no such meeting has been scheduled yet, stating that they are "certainly open to something like that." The primary goal, according to Rubio, is to ensure that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon.
This statement came shortly before President Donald Trump was set to address the UN General Assembly in New York. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was also in attendance, with his speech scheduled for the following day. President Trump, however, would have left New York by Wednesday to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for a significant summit.
Pezeshkian's visit marks the highest-ranking Iranian official to visit the US since the ongoing Middle East conflict began in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Iran seeks the end of the war, the lifting of the blockade on its ports, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The US, on the other hand, maintains a counterblockade of Iranian ports and is exerting economic pressure on Iran.
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