DUSHANBE, September 22, 2009, Asia-Plus — On sidelines of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Emomali Rahmon is scheduled to hold talks with the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in New York on September 24.
Referring to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, international media report that the Tajik President and the US Secretary of State are expected to discuss a broad range of issues related to bilateral cooperation between the two countries as well as the present situation in Afghanistan.
The 64th session that was opened by the UN General Assembly on September 15 is one of the most historic and crucially important sessions in the history of the United Nations. On nuclear disarmament, Ban said he welcomed the “heightened awareness” of the international community after the issue had lain “dormant” for more than a decade, and said he expected the high-level Security Council meeting on September 24 under the chairmanship of US President Obama to “generate strong political momentum to address nuclear issues.
We will recall that today, President Rahmon will deliver a statement at the UN Climate Summit in New York. The United Nations has convened a summit on climate change in the hope of opening some way out to the deadlock over the issue of mutual concern. A record number of world leaders, including the US President Barack Obama, are expected to attend the summit.
