Vaezi said US President Donald Trump s requests were made during Rouhani s visit to New York for a United Nations General Assembly meeting in September 2017 according to Xinhua.
He did not elaborate however about Rouhani s response to Trump s meeting invitation.
In September 2013 Rouhani and former US President Barack Obama talked over the phone during the 68th annual session of the UN General Assembly. It was the highest-level contact between the two countries in more than three decades.
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