(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The vast participation of Non-Aligned leaders and other senior world officials in the Non-Aligned Movement's 16th heads-of-state summit in Tehran foiled the US and other arrogant powers' plots to isolate Iran, a senior Pakistani politician stressed.
"Actually, holding the conference defused the US plots to isolate Iran on the intentional scene," said senior member of Pakistan's People Party Syed Mukhtar Hussein Shah on Thursday.
He also described participation of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and other Pakistani officials in the summit as a sign of the crucial importance of the conference, and said, "Pakistan's presence in this summit shows the Pakistani government's support for Iran's plans, including the country's peaceful nuclear program."
Leaders and presidents of the NAM member states ended their morning session in Tehran on Thursday and will start their afternoon session soon.
The inauguration ceremony of the 16th NAM Summit ended after speeches by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the previous and current presidents of the NAM, as well as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of the UN General Assembly Nasser Abdulaziz and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Egyptian president delivered the NAM's presidency to Iran after addressing the audience in the inauguration ceremony of the NAM summit in Tehran today.
The 16th heads-of-state summit of the NAM was inaugurated with a keynote speech by Ayatollah Khamenei, in which he praised the founders of the NAM and its operation in the last 60 years, but said the movement should boost its international role and clout through increased operations and fresh movements.
The leader said the world is entering a new era and the NAM should play a bigger role in this new world, adding that all world countries should have a share in global management.
"States should raise their relations on the basis of common interests and not threat and intimidation," he stressed.
The Leader said the world should not be ruled by a few number of "bullying powers".
He said the "UN Security Council has a completely unfair structure, and the US and its allies have been misusing this unfair structure to materialize their interests".
The United States and Israel are among the nations fearful that the summit drawing a reported 50 or more heads of state and government will give Tehran a boost in legitimacy and rally disgruntled states to its defense of its nuclear programs.
The Islamic Republic's three-year tenure as head of the NAM is a chance for Tehran to elevate its international standing as the United States seeks to cripple its economy and isolate it diplomatically over its disputed nuclear program.
Many analysts say that the diplomatic spotlight will give Tehran an opportunity to show Washington has failed to cut it off from the rest of the world.
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30 August 2012 - 15:17
News ID: 342237
The vast participation of Non-Aligned leaders and other senior world officials in the Non-Aligned Movement's 16th heads-of-state summit in Tehran foiled the US and other arrogant powers' plots to isolate Iran, a senior Pakistani politician stressed.
