Ruler of the United Arab Emirates’ Umm Al Quwain state Sheikh Saud bin Rashid al-Mu’alla has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to participate in the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
The top UAE official arrived at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on Wednesday and was welcomed by Iranian vice president Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Reza Mirtajeddini.
Al-Mu’alla, who is also a member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates, is in Iran to take part in the meeting of the NAM heads of state which will open on Thursday with an inaugural speech by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
More than 100 countries are partaking in the NAM meeting which kicked off at the expert level in Tehran on Sunday.
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
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