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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met here on Tuesday with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and they agreed to seek a win-win solution to Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
"The secretary-general called for flexibility and creativity with a view to reaching a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear programme," Ban's spokesman told reporters here. "The two leaders agreed that all parties should seize the current opportunity to reach a win-win solution."
"He encouraged Iran to engage constructively on Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, and thanked Iran for its help in encouraging the establishment of a more inclusive government in Baghdad," the spokesman said.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit, which opened here earlier Tuesday and attracted more than 120 heads of state or government.
World powers have been engaging with Iran since February in talks aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for ending sanctions. But Iran and the six powers, comprising Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, failed to meet an initial self-imposed July 20 deadline to negotiate a deal and have agreed to extend negotiations until Nov. 24.
In late August, the European Union's foreign policy chief said the six global powers will discuss ways to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to meet face to face with Rouhani when they are here to attend the General Debate of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly, which opens here Wednesday and lasts about one week. The expected meeting will be the first bilateral talks between a British prime minister and an Iranian president since the 1979 revolution.
The upcoming meeting, a significant thaw in diplomatic relations between the two countries, is designed to explore the support the Iranians can give to the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the report said.
