(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - This is the first visit of Egyptian president to Iran since 1979. After Iran's Islamic revolution. Iran and Egypt cut diplomatic relations in 1979 because of Egypt's peace accord with Israel.
The Morsi leaved Tehran but before that Mohamed Mursi and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attend in a meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
NAM, an international organization with 120 member states and 21 observer countries, is considered as not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
The organization was founded in the former Yugoslavia in 1961. The countries of the Non-Aligned Movement represent nearly two-thirds of the UN members and contain 55% of the world population.
NAM's purpose, as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979, is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries.”
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi says members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have a critical role in resolving the problems facing the world.
