(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Addressing the 16th heads-of-state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement here in Tehran on Friday, the Kuwaiti foreign minister praised former UN-Arab League Envoy on Syria Kofi Annan for his honest and sincere efforts, and voiced his country's support for the new envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi.
He further underlined the need for the international community to safeguard Syria's independence and territorial integrity.
Al-Sabah further condemned the Zionist regime of Israel for its continued settlement construction activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, and warned that the Israeli move is aimed at changing the balance of population in the interest of Jews in occupied lands.
The Kuwaiti foreign minister made the remarks during his address to the morning session of the second day of the Summit. The meeting, started under the leadership of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this morning, was addressed by different leaders and presidents of the NAM member states.
A number of 63 leaders of the NAM states had registered for addressing the summit. On the first day, 20 heads-of-state delivered speeches, while over 40 are due to convey their opinions to their counterparts in the largest international grouping after the UN today.
The closing ceremony of the NAM summit will be held after the leaders' speeches. The summit meeting is due to issue a final statement at the closing ceremony, which reportedly has over 680 paragraphs on various topics, including opposition to aliens' interference in Syria's internal affairs, opposition to the unilateral sanctions against countries and also supporting countries' independence.
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