MP Upbeat With Upcoming Summit Of NAM Leaders

Arak, Aug 22, IRNA -- Convening Summit of Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran indicates diplomatic capacilty of the Islamic Republic of Iran in international community, said a MP on Tuesday. Talking to IRNA, Abbas Salahi said that convening NAM Summit will change diplomatic and political equilibrium in favor of Iran vis-a-vis the western governments and indicate that Iran is a strong and influential country in the world. He further noted, “We should seize the opportunity to introduce Iran’s stances and views in line with promoting ties with the NAM member states.” The summit is held at a time when the western governments claim to be superior to others and occupy Islamic states under various pretexts and impose unwarranted wars on the region, said the MP from Tafresh, Ashtiyan and Farahan. Violation of human rights of the developing nations and occupation of Muslim territories by the western governments, especially the US, will be one of the main issues on the agenda of the Summit, he said, noting that Islamic Awakening movement will also be discussed by NAM Leaders. The summit will instill new spirit to waves of Islamic Awakening by acknowledging the democratic movements in the Muslim states, he said. The issue of Palestine is on top of the agenda, he said, noting that the lawlessness and crimes being perpetrated by continued occupation of Palestinian territories by Tel Aviv regime will be also reviewed by the participants in the Summit. Leaders of 120 countries will acknowledge the Islamic awakening and help prepare the ground for promoting the status of Iran in the world. "Call for peace and friendship, fighting bullying powers will be the great message of the Summit which will reverberate across the world once again." NAM is a group of states considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power blocs. As of 2012, the movement had 120 member states and 21 observer nations. The organization was founded in Belgrade in 1961, and was largely the brainchild of Yugoslavia's president, Josip Broz Tito, India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Egypt's second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah, and Indonesia's first president, Sukarno. All five leaders were prominent advocates of a middle course for states in the Developing World between the Western and Eastern blocs in the Cold War. /end