2 September 2012 - 04:02

The next summit of the Non-Aligned Movement will be held in Caracas in 2015, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced Friday, shortly after the closure of this year's event in Iran.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The next summit of the Non-Aligned Movement will be held in Caracas in 2015, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced Friday, shortly after the closure of this year's event in Iran.

"It has been decided that the 17th summit (will be held) in Caracas in 2015," Maduro said in an interview with VTV state television in Tehran.

The 16th NAM Summit wrapped up in the Iranian capital on Friday, with the member states passing a final resolution, which included over 700 paragraphs.

The final communiqué expressed support for Iran’s nuclear energy program, rejected the United States’ unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, and called for greater efforts to support the Palestinian cause.

The need to combat Islamophobia and racism throughout the world and promote global nuclear disarmament were some of the other key issues mentioned in the document.

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