Iranian president plans to address UNGA meeting

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TEHRAN, Sept 1 (Reuters): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to address this month's UN General Assembly meeting, an aide said Tuesday, in what would be his first trip to the West since his disputed re-election in June.
Ahmadinejad's attendance of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations headquarters in New York would take place in the same month that Western powers have set as a deadline for Tehran to agree to talks on its nuclear programme.
US President Barack Obama, who has given Iran until September to take up an offer of talks on trade benefits if it shelves nuclear enrichment or face harsher sanctions, will speak at the same UN meeting on September 23.
"The president's trip to New York is still on his agenda and relevant officials here in Tehran are working on the necessary preparations," Ali-Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad's media adviser, told the reporter.
"The date of his arrival there and the length of his visit depend on coordination between Tehran and the United Nations. This is the same for the day of his speech," he said.