(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says independent countries should make the maximum use of the potentials of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to expand cooperation.
President Ahmadinejad made the remark in a meeting with Namibian Foreign Minister Utoni Nujoma on Tuesday on the sidelines of the NAM ministerial meeting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday.
“Hegemons are opposed to any community that is comprised of independent nations and brings them unity and power. But justice- and freedom-seeking countries should work together to help each other’s progress,” he added.
He said that Iran sees no obstacle to the expansion of ties with Namibia and added “there exist good grounds for cooperation between the two countries and I hope that bilateral cooperation and relations would rapidly improve in different sectors.”
The Iranian chief executive said Iran praises Namibia’s stance in supporting the nations’ basic rights and believes independent states need to expand cooperation to advance their agendas and foil attempts by the global extremists to block their progress.
The Namibian foreign minister, for his part, said that his country supports Iran's NAM chairmanship and added the Non-Aligned Movement provides a good opportunity for countries to counter extremism by the global powers.
In a separate meeting with Mauritius Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell, President Ahmadinejad welcomed the expansion of economic ties between Iran and Mauritius and said holding joint economic meetings would pave the way for the full expansion of bilateral ties.
Boolell, for his part, described the Islamic Republic as a suitable partner for Mauritius.
More than 100 countries are partaking in the NAM meeting which kicked off at the expert level in Tehran on Sunday.
The two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the NAM summit began on Tuesday. The meeting of the heads of states will open on Thursday with an inaugural speech by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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29 August 2012 - 06:44
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says independent countries should make the maximum use of the potentials of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to expand cooperation.
