NAM summit a great achievement for Iran: Salehi

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran was a great achievement for Iran.“The success of the Islamic Republic of Iran [in holding the summit] was so clear that even some Western media called it as Iran’s victory against the West,” Salehi said on Sunday night.He praised different Iranian organizations, such as police and armed forces, for keeping order and security during the summit.There were 360 security checkpoints across Tehran, and 110,000 police officers and other security personnel were directly involved in maintaining security during the meeting.Salehi also noted that he met with 63 foreign ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement.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.Iran assumed the rotating presidency of the NAM for a three-year term during the summit.NAM is an international organization with 120 member states that is not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. Nearly two-thirds of the countries of the United Nations are also NAM members.NAM is the biggest international organization after the United Nations General Assembly. /129