According to Chatham House website, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will address the key issues affecting the Middle East region, including the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and ISIL terrorist group.
The event will be chaired by Sir Richard Dalton, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House who also serves as the President of British Iranian Chamber of Commerce. Dalton was British Ambassador to Iran from 2002 to 2006.
Zarif's address which is scheduled for 4 February 2016, at 18:00 to 19:00 local time, is titled 'Overcoming Regional Challenges in the Middle East: An Iranian Perspective.'
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London, founded in 1920. Chatham House engages governments, the private sector, civil society and its members in open debate and confidential discussion on the most significant developments in international affairs.
So far, Zarif's attendance at the debate has not been confirmed by either Iranian or British foreign ministries, although it seems the event has been planned on Zarif's probable participation at the Syrian donor conference in London on 4 February.
Prime Minister David Cameron is hopeful Iran will send a representative to the conference, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday following a call between the British premiere and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
The Feb. 4 meeting will be hosted by Britain, Germany, Norway, Kuwait and the United Nations, and aims to raise funds for Syrians displaced or plunged into poverty by the country's civil war.
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