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NAM backs Iran's right to acquire peaceful nuclear energy
Tehran, Aug 2, IRNA - The 15th meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) foreign ministers wound up on Wednesday 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 program.
The meeting endorsed a statement on the Iranian nuclear dossier,
underlining Iran's right to obtain nuclear technology for peaceful
purposes.
The statement urged bodies concerned with the dossier to go ahead with
negotiations to find a peaceful way out of the crisis.
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 380-article NAM communique covered all political, economic,
social, cultural and media matters concerning NAM countries and the
world, mainly food security, climate change and energy.
It also tackled pressing political issues of concern to NAM, including
the situation in the Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, occupied
Arab territories, Sudan and others.
Regarding the situation in Zimbabwe, the ministers underlined the
significant role that the African Union, the United Nations and South
Africa could play in pushing for an agreement between the official and
opposition parties in the country.
The meeting also adopted a statement on Palestine, calling on the
Movement to take practical measures in support of the Palestinians and
in denouncing the massive punishment taking place there at the hand of
the Israelis.
It emphasized the need to push for end of the siege, amelioration of
the humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel's
implementation of international resolutions towards the end of the
illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.
At the end of the meeting, NAM ministers thanked the Iranian
leadership and government for the sound organization and warm welcome
that helped the meeting come out with a positive outcome.
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.
In the document about Iran's nuclear issue, participating delegates
voiced their support for the country's peaceful nuclear program.
The meeting endorsed a statement on the Iranian nuclear dossier,
underlining Iran's right to obtain nuclear technology for peaceful
purposes.
The statement urged bodies concerned with the dossier to go ahead with
negotiations to find a peaceful way out of the crisis.
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 380-article NAM communique covered all political, economic,
social, cultural and media matters concerning NAM countries and the
world, mainly food security, climate change and energy.
It also tackled pressing political issues of concern to NAM, including
the situation in the Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, occupied
Arab territories, Sudan and others.
Regarding the situation in Zimbabwe, the ministers underlined the
significant role that the African Union, the United Nations and South
Africa could play in pushing for an agreement between the official and
opposition parties in the country.
The meeting also adopted a statement on Palestine, calling on the
Movement to take practical measures in support of the Palestinians and
in denouncing the massive punishment taking place there at the hand of
the Israelis.
It emphasized the need to push for end of the siege, amelioration of
the humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel's
implementation of international resolutions towards the end of the
illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.
At the end of the meeting, NAM ministers thanked the Iranian
leadership and government for the sound organization and warm welcome
that helped the meeting come out with a positive outcome.
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.
