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NAM ministerial meeting winds up in Tehran

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Press Trust of India Tehran

The 15th meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) foreign ministers wound up releasing a final statement and two documents on Iran's peaceful nuclear activities and the Zimbabwe crisis.      

In the document about Iran's nuclear issue, participating delegates voiced their support for the country's peaceful nuclear programme.      

They have also referred to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the only legitimate source to study nuclear activities of its member states.      

The two-day meeting which started on Tuesday with a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ended its work yesterday with a speech by Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.     

In his address to the meeting's closing session, Mottaki appreciated NAM member states' support for Tehran's peaceful nuclear activities.      

 

In addition to its member states, the NAM ministerial meeting was attended by 15 observer members. Representatives of eight international and regional organisations attended the gathering.      

The NAM member states consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.

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First Published: Jul 31 2008 | 2:13 PM IST

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