NAM member states seek unity, cohesion: Iran FM

“In today’s meeting, the participants emphasized that [NAM] members should from now on try to make NAM viewpoints operational in the international scene by increasing cohesion and unity [among themselves],” Salehi said on the sidelines of the unveiling ceremony of the Non-Aligned Movement 2012 summit stamp in Tehran.
 
    The top Iranian diplomat also noted that the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran is being held at a time when people of the region and the world are living in a special atmosphere.
 
 
He further stated that the Zionist regime [of Israel] is at the head of international terrorism and NAM ministerial meeting has paid special attention to international terrorism.
 
“All member states of the Non-Aligned Movement in today’s meeting condemned international terrorism especially state-sponsored terrorism which has been founded by the Zionist regime [of Israel],” Salehi stated.
 
The two-day ministerial meeting of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit kicked off in the Iranian capital on Tuesday.
 
At the opening ceremony of the NAM expert-level meeting, Iran assumed the rotating presidency of the movement for three years. Egypt's Ambassador to the United Nations Mootaz Khalil formally handed over the presidency to Iran.