(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) -“We certainly have huge challenges in front of us. As you are aware, the international conditions are full of difficulties,” Natalegawa said on the sideline of the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Iran's capital, Tehran, on Tuesday.
More than 100 countries are partaking in the NAM meeting which kicked off at the expert level in Tehran on Sunday.
“So we have a number of issues that the NAM must continue to contribute towards,” Natalegawa added.
“But at the same time there are plenty of opportunities as well. The Non-Aligned Movement brings together countries that are emerging, that are becoming stronger, thus we have much potential that we can develop,” the Indonesian foreign minister said.
“Iran has made considerable contributions to various multilateral issues at the UN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and of course within NAM,” Natalegawa noted.
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.
“Organizing an event and subsequently leading it and chairing it for the next three years requires all of us to work closely together in partnership.”
The two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the NAM summit has begun and is currently underway in the Iranian capital.
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More than 100 countries are partaking in the NAM meeting which kicked off at the expert level in Tehran on Sunday.
“So we have a number of issues that the NAM must continue to contribute towards,” Natalegawa added.
“But at the same time there are plenty of opportunities as well. The Non-Aligned Movement brings together countries that are emerging, that are becoming stronger, thus we have much potential that we can develop,” the Indonesian foreign minister said.
“Iran has made considerable contributions to various multilateral issues at the UN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and of course within NAM,” Natalegawa noted.
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.
“Organizing an event and subsequently leading it and chairing it for the next three years requires all of us to work closely together in partnership.”
The two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the NAM summit has begun and is currently underway in the Iranian capital.
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