RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT MEET AHMADINEJAD
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
16.06.2009 14:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ SCO Summit Headquarters in Yekaterinburg informed
that bilateral meeting between Russian and Iranian Presidents Dmitri
Medvedev and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is cancelled, gazeta.ru reported.
Medvedev tight schedule within SCO and BRIC summits framework is
the reason, sources clarified. Initially presidential meeting was
planned on Monday, yet Ahmadinejad arrived in Yekaterinburg only on
Tuesday morning.
Iranian President is invited to participate in SCO summit in observer’s
capacity.
Meanwhile, Iranian ex-Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mir Hossein
Mousavi supporter, was arrested this morning.
According to official results, provided by Iran CEC, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad won presidential elections of June 12, with 62,6% of
votes, followed by Mir Hossein Mousavi – 33,7%, Mohsen Rezaee- 1,7%
and Mehdi Karroubi – 0,85%.