Iranian, French presidents meet in NY

New York, IRNA - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron met and held talks on Tuesday in New York on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly session. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron has held several telephone conversations with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in recent months. Although Macron had already underlined that ball is in Iran’s court and an agreement is “useful” even if it does not solve all issues, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna repeated the claim last night that Iran procrastinate agreement in Vienna. Meanwhile, Iran says that an effective and sustainable agreement on removal of the sanctions will achieve when economic interests of the Iranian nation are fulfilled. In a related development, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that Tehran has over and over presented due determination and goodwill to reach final step to a good agreement; and the only obstacle to this end is that the US does not follow realism and not have necessary will. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish