Clinton: Ahmadinejad using NY trip to divert attention.
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Iran is in clear violation of a treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.The UN is holding a conference this coming week on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is expected to address delegates ahead of Clinton on Monday.Clinton told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Ahmadinejad's trip is an effort to divert attention and confuse people about Iran's violation of the treaty.She said that the UN conference was designed to make clear the globalcommitment to disarmament, peaceful nuclear energy and limiting thespread of nuclear weapons.US Jewish groups, gearing up for the Iranian leader’s visit to New York, have recently voiced loud opposition to Ahmadinejad’s participationin the NPT conference. The Conference of Presidents of Major AmericanJewish Organizations contacted ambassadors of UN member states, andplaced newspaper ads to appear on Monday, urging diplomats to walk outwith he speaks on Monday morning.E.B. Solomont contributed to this report
