Tehran, Sept 24, IRNA – Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office for Communications and Information Parviz Esmaeili said on Tuesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to confer with President Hasan Rouhani on global developments in the coming hours.

Iranian official added that the meeting has not been on the agenda of Iran's President.

International media on Tuesday announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Iranian President Hasan Rouhani and US President Donald Trump separately.

The Iranian president is to deliver a keynote speech on Iran's initiative for 'Coalition for Hope and Hormuz Peace' at the UN General Assembly.

Iranian President is in New York to attend the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

He has held talks with Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan as well as French President Emanuel Macron so far.

Holding bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, President of Bolivia Evo Morales, Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are on Rouhani's agenda on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

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