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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran's president, saying that he would not get a warm welcome at UN nonproliferation talks next week if he seeks to sow confusion about Iran's nuclear programme. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, which says its nuclear program is to generate electricity but not to build bombs, has applied for a visa to attend the treaty review conference that opens on Monday at the United Nations. The purpose of the meeting, which occurs every five years, is to recommit nations to the treaty's three pillars: disarmament, nonproliferation and the peaceful use of civil nuclear energy, Clinton told a news conference. The mission of those of us going to New York to review, revise and reinvigorate the NPT regime is very clear. If that's not his mission, then it won't be a particularly useful or productive trip on his part, she said. A State Department spokesman said visa requests for the Iranian delegation were still being processed. As the host for the U.N. headquarters, the United States usually grants visas to foreign leaders who wish to attend U.N. events.
