18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
As many as two dozen heads of state and governments have arrived in Baku on Thursday, the capital of Azerbaijan, to attend a two-day Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.
The 18th forum of the 120-member group covering 55% of the world's population is expected to discuss responses to contemporary challenges around the world,
Since becoming a NAM member in May 2011, Azerbaijan is hosting the summit for the first time.
NAM summit is held every three years since its inception in 1961 at Belgrade under the leadership of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru along with Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and Sukarno of Indonesia.
They were committed to keeping their foreign policy non-aligned and not participating in military and political blocs.
They also stressed the need for peaceful coexistence based on the principles of independence and equality.
As many as two dozen heads of state and governments have arrived in Baku on Thursday, the capital of Azerbaijan, to attend a two-day Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.
The 18th forum of the 120-member group covering 55% of the world's population is expected to discuss responses to contemporary challenges around the world,
Since becoming a NAM member in May 2011, Azerbaijan is hosting the summit for the first time.
NAM summit is held every three years since its inception in 1961 at Belgrade under the leadership of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru along with Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and Sukarno of Indonesia.
They were committed to keeping their foreign policy non-aligned and not participating in military and political blocs.
They also stressed the need for peaceful coexistence based on the principles of independence and equality.
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