28 August 2012 - 14:40

The draft statement of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran was approved by consensus at the first day of the Foreign Ministers meeting on Tuesday.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi who presided at the NAM foreign ministers meeting pointed to the main topics of the final document and the experts' consensus over its content and suggested handing over the document to the NAM summit for final approval.

The foreign minister also expressed gratitude for Egypt's role during its presidency of the movement saying the Egyptian Foreign Minister who was initially scheduled to address the meeting and submit the rotating presidency of NAM to Tehran is currently in China but will head off for Iran.

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