(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Briefing media here over the weekend, Foreign Secretary Rajan Mathai said that this would be the third NAM Summit in which the Prime Minister is participating.
Mathai said that Dr. Singh would address the Summit during the General Debate on August 30.
He said that the theme of the Tehran NAM Summit is "Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance", and added that an interactive debate on this subject is expected during the ministerial segment of the summit on August 28 and 29.
Mathai said the Tehran Summit will also have comprehensive discussion on major global regional and sub-regional issues as well as issues relating to social and economic matters.
The 16th summit of NAM member states will be held in the Iranian capital from August 26 to 31.
NAM is an international organization with 120 member states that is not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. Nearly two-thirds of the countries of the United Nations are also NAM members.
NAM is the biggest international organization after the United Nations General Assembly.
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