TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to leave Tehran for New York on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on multilateralism.

The meeting, dubbed “the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace” will kick off in New York on Wednesday, Mehr reported on Saturday.

The UN General Assembly decided in December 2018 to declare April 24 as the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. 

Iran’s newly named representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi will accompany Zarif during the visit.

MH/PA