Mehmanparast: Egypt Will Hand Over NAM Presidency To Iran

Tehran, Aug 26, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast announced here Sunday that during the upcoming Tehran summit, the Egyptian President Mohammad Mosri would hand over the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) presidency to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the next three years. Mehmanparast, who is also spokesman of the 16th NAM Summit, made the remarks while speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the ongoing experts meeting of the 16th Summit of NAM member states which started in Tehran Sunday morning. He said the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Tehran on Wednesday to take part in the NAM Summit to be held on August 30-31. The NAM experts meeting started this morning with a speech by Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi. Some 107 delegates are attending the experts meeting. The two-day meeting will be followed by the NAM foreign ministerial meeting to be held on August 28-29./end