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PM to sit down with Macron, Modi on UNGA sidelines; meetings with Biden, Harris unlikely — official
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to give his speech at the United Nations on the afternoon of Friday, September 27, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
A significant part of Netanyahu’s speech will focus on the progress Iran has made on its nuclear program and on the Iranian effort to surround Israel with its armed proxies.
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A meeting with US President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris is currently “not expected,” says an Israeli official.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reached out to arrange a meeting with Netanyahu, says the official, but “it is not going to happen.”
There have been contacts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about arranging a meeting, says the official.
There is currently no meeting scheduled with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
