Opening Session Of NAM Summit Ends

Tehran, Aug 30, IRNA – The opening session of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement held Thursday morning with the speech of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, came to an end. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi also addressed the meeting and handed over the NAM presidency to the Iranian president for the next three years. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivered speech to the morning session of the NAM Summit. Leaders of the member countries and representatives in the Tehran NAM Summit are to come together again in the afternoon./end