Updated at: 1035 PST, Saturday, April 17, 2010
TEHRAN: Iran is hosting a two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran starting on Saturday that will be attended by several foreign ministers and representatives from the United Nations.
Foreign ministers from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, the Central African Republic, Oman, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Swaziland will participate, while Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar will be represented by their deputy foreign ministers, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
Mehmanparast said a special aide of the Chinese foreign minister, representatives of the United Nations and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the chief of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) will also be present.
"Due to the eruption of the volcano (in Iceland), some foreign ministers from South America and Africa who had connecting flights may come later or tomorrow. Among them are also some experts of weapons of mass destructions and nuclear weapons," he added.
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