Iran Invites Egyptian President to NAM Summit.Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad This article or section may contain inappropriate or misinterpreted which do not the text.Please help [ improve this article] by checking for inaccuracies. in a letter to his Egyptian counterpart Mohammad Mursi invited him to attend the 16th heads-of-state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded in 1950s; as of 2007, it has 118 members. (NAM) in Tehran late August. Iranian Vice-President Hamid Baqayee conferred on Wednesday with Mursi and delivered a letter from President Ahmadinejad inviting him to attend Summit of Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran. After the meeting, Egypt's Presidential Spokesman Yasser Ali said it is not clear whether the Egyptian president will attend the summit and it will be announced later. The 16th NAM summit will be held in Tehran from August 26 to 31. Iran will assume the rotating presidency of the movement from Egypt for three years during the upcoming summit. NAM is comprised of some 120 member states and 17 observer countries. NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. NAM is the largest grouping of countries outside of the United Nations. NAM member states represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and comprise 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing. 2012 Fars News Agency Fars News Agency (FNA) is an Iranian news agency. It was officially launched in Tehran in February 2002 to "promote the principles of the Islamic Revolution and safeguard national interests". . All rights reserved Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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