FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif gestures upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi, India, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif skipped this year's Davos, but Tehran was still a hot topic for many Western and Middle Eastern powers hoping for detente less than three weeks after the United States killed Iran's top general.
Zarif, normally a regular at the World Economic Forum, cancelled on Monday, with his ministry citing programme changes. Organisers of the annual gathering in the Swiss ski resort did not comment on the reason given.
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