Ahmadinejad likely to get U.S. visa for UN meeting next week

[babylonsister]

Ahmadinejad likely to get U.S. visa for meeting
Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS
Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:41pm EDT


UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will likely be granted a visa to attend the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference that opens in New York next week, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley confirmed that the applications for Ahmadinejad and his delegation had been submitted in Berne, Switzerland, and he indicated they were likely to be approved.

"We have certain responsibilities as the host of the U.N.," Crowley said. "Any foreign official who is coming to the U.N. for official business is normally granted a visa."

The United States and other Western powers accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons in violation of its commitment under the Non-Proliferation Treaty not to do so. Iran has said its nuclear program is solely to generate electricity.

Iran and the United States have no diplomatic relations.

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[Dorian Gray]

1. He should get one

and people should protest his presence at any non-UN related venue. (Obviously, I'm not a fan.)

Maybe Donald Trump will put him up, bedouin style, on his estate in Westchester. (Ala Quadaffi.)

[lunatica]

2. Someone will surely object to this presently

Forgetting that it's very important to open a two sided dialog that isn't done through the media in hostile sound bites. It's much more difficult to hurl propaganda soundbites at each other when leaders are standing face to face in neutral territory without an audience.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. When is that famous White House visit scheduled for?

I know it is scheduled to happen during Obama's first year in office but don't know the details.

[babylonsister]

4. ?? Obama's been in office over a year, but you know that. Maybe

the admin decided he's not worth their time?