Ahmadinejad likely to get U.S. visa for UN meeting next week

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Ahmadinejad likely to get U.S. visa for meeting
Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS
Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:41pm EDT


UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will likely be granted a visa to attend the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference that opens in New York next week, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley confirmed that the applications for Ahmadinejad and his delegation had been submitted in Berne, Switzerland, and he indicated they were likely to be approved.

"We have certain responsibilities as the host of the U.N.," Crowley said. "Any foreign official who is coming to the U.N. for official business is normally granted a visa."

The United States and other Western powers accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons in violation of its commitment under the Non-Proliferation Treaty not to do so. Iran has said its nuclear program is solely to generate electricity.

Iran and the United States have no diplomatic relations.

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