White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that President Barack Obama was not disappointed when Iranian President Hasan Rouhani declined an offer to meet with him this week at the United Nationals General Assembly in New York.
“I think that we should not over interpret the fact that the Iranians decided against having an encounter, and that it was too complicated,” Carney said during the daily press briefing.
Carney said the president remains open to meeting informally with Rouhani.
