TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said on Tuesday that Iran has initiated active diplomacy in the United Nations General Assembly this year and defended presence of Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki during U.S. President George W. Bush's address to the meeting.

"Iran would not like to pursue a vacant seat policy in the UN General Assembly," he said.

"Presence of foreign minister during President Bush's address to the General Assembly was in line with the principles of Iranian foreign policy which calls for Iran's active role in the world body and international fora," the spokesman said.

"Iranian Foreign Ministry officials attend all meetings to hear statements of even the enemies except for delegates of the Zionist regime which Iran does not recognize," Hosseini said.

Iran does not follow other countries in practicing its own foreign policy principles in the General Assembly.

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad delivered a keynote address to the General Assembly on how to deal with international issues.

The Iranian president's platform to resolve the international crises from humanitarian perspective was given wide coverage and unprecedented attention by the U.S. media.

The president interviewed with Washington Post, Time Magazine and Cabled News Networks (CNN).

The majority of the U.S. media admitted that the logic put forward by the Iranian president calling for consensus to resolve the international crises away from arrogant approach was strong enough to isolate President Bush's aggressive doctrine.

The U.S. president mainly focused on military means to advance the international campaign against terrorism which failed to gain ground among delegates of the international community gathering together to contemplate on ways to bolster world peace and security through dialogue and understanding.