1 September 2012 - 10:23

Iranian Vice President for International Affairs discussed bilateral ties in a meeting here in the Iranian capital.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 16th heads-of-sate summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Friday August 31.

During the meeting, Saeedlou said that Syrian government and people are enough vigilant and resolved to resist current crisis in Syria created by alien-backed terrorists.
Saeedlou went on to say that Syrian nation won't allow alien meddling to create disunity in the country.

He, meanwhile, said that the two countries have had good relationship since long ago and expressed Iran's readiness for further cooperation in the fields of health, energy, oil and economy.

The Syrian premier, for his part, appreciated good hosting of the NAM meeting by Iran and called for more bilateral cooperation.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.

Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.

In the meantime, Iranian vice president met with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro on the same day to review expansion of bilateral ties.

During the meeting, Saeedlou said that NAM is determined to accomplish the mottos of the movement.

The 16 NAM summit in Tehran started on August 26 through holding two separate meetings of NAM senior experts (August 26-27) and ministerial (August 28-29).

Tehran received NAM rotating presidency at the opening ceremony on August 26 from Egypt for a period of three years.

The 16th heads-of-state summit of NAM started on August 30 and ended on Friday August 31 through producing a 680-article statement.

NAM was founded in Belgrade in 1961 by Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah, and Indonesian president Sukarno, all legends of the national liberation movement, with solid anti-imperial credentials, who advocated a middle course for the developing world between the Western and Eastern blocs in the Cold War.

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