DHAKA: A final nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers can be achieved in a short period of time.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, Tehran Times publishes this report on Wednesday.

He made the remarks during a meeting with former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, who is visiting Iran as the head of a group of former global leaders known as the Elders.   

Annan is being accompanied by Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland and Nobel Peace laureate, Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and Nobel Peace laureate, and Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico.

It is the Elders’ first visit to Iran as a group.

Brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007, the Elders are twelve independent global leaders who use their collective influence and experience to promote peace, justice, and human rights worldwide.

According to the group’s website, the purpose of their visit to Iran is ‘to encourage and advance the new spirit of openness and dialogue between Iran and the international community, and to explore what could be done to enhance cooperation on regional issues’.

BDST: 1624 HRS, JAN 29, 2014