Iran Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement to be held next week in Tehran, defying calls from the U.S. and Israel to boycott the event, announced today by the Agency. Spokesman of the Iranian mission to the UN had said earlier today he expected Ban to attend the meeting next week, although he refused to speak on behalf of the Office of the Secretary. Several other diplomats Agency had said before the official announcement that barring unexpected changes in the schedule, Ban will attend the meeting of about 120 non-aligned states in Tehran. "It's a very important group of states. Of course we will go the cc. It can not go, "he told the Reuters news agency a source. ADA diplomat stressed that it is important for the band to attend, stressing that the SG can not turn his back on all of the Non-Aligned Movement as a member of the Iran happens to be chaired by a person who is accused of denying the Holocaust and denies Israel's right to exist. But diplomatic sources say that the band is not going during its presence in Tehran to raise the issue of Iran's nuclear program, nor to comment on the possible anti-Semitic comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his speech at the inaugural session. Meeting in Tehran will participate and Egyptian President Mohammed tenons, which will be the first leader of his country to visit Tehran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.