(VOVworld) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have agreed to seek a win-win solution to Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. They met on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit, which opened Tuesday. Ban Ki-moon called for "flexibility and creativity" to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program and encouraged Iran to contribute to international efforts to find solutions to current crises in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) greets Iran's President Hassan Rohani. Photo: internet

French President Francois Hollande and President Rouhani met same day to discuss the current instability in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the global fight against terrorism, and Iran’s controversial nuclear program.  

Hollande said that countries should gear up efforts to reach a political solution to the Middle East crisis, and said he hopes negotiations between Iran and P5+1 will have a quick resolution. He called on Iran to take concrete steps to prove that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.