USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
World
Home / World / Middle East

UN chief extends warm congratulations to Iranian president-elect

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-06-16 09:28

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday extended his "warm congratulations" to Hassan Rouhani, the confirmed winner of the Iranian presidential elections.

Ban conveyed the message in a statement issued here by his spokesman.

"The secretary-general has been closely following the eleventh presidential election in Iran held on June 14 and notes with satisfaction the reported high turnout," said the statement.

"The secretary-general intends to remain engaged with the Iranian authorities and with the president-elect on issues of importance to the international community and the welfare of the Iranian people," the statement said. "He will continue encouraging Iran to play a constructive role in regional and international affairs."

Rouhani won 18,613,329 votes, accounting for 50.7 percent of all the votes, with a turnout rate of 72.2 percent, said Iran's Minister of Interior Affairs Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in Tehran, the Iranian capital, Saturday.

Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election

US ready to 'directly' engage Iran

 

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US