UNB, Baku (Azerbaijan) :
The two-day 18th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) kicked off in Baku on Friday with a call for upholding the spirit of the forum and strengthen cooperation among its member state.
The summit brought together the heads of state and government of about 60 countries as well as the heads of international organisations.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev formally inaugurated the summit at Baku Congress Centre in Baku.
Azerbaijan took over the chairmanship of NAM for the next three years at the Baku Summit.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the opening ceremony of the summit alongwith other heads of state and government and representatives of the member states of NAM at the Plenary Hall of Baku Cengress Centre.
On her arrival at the centre at 10 am, Sheikh Hasina was received by the Azerbaijan President.
The other world leaders who joined the summit include Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammed, Djibouti President Ismail Omar, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Pakistani President Arif Alvi, Indian Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the current chairperson of NAM, delivered the opening remarks at the inaugural session of the summit. After his speech, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev was elected chairman unopposed of NAM for the next three years.
The two-day 18th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) kicked off in Baku on Friday with a call for upholding the spirit of the forum and strengthen cooperation among its member state.
The summit brought together the heads of state and government of about 60 countries as well as the heads of international organisations.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev formally inaugurated the summit at Baku Congress Centre in Baku.
Azerbaijan took over the chairmanship of NAM for the next three years at the Baku Summit.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the opening ceremony of the summit alongwith other heads of state and government and representatives of the member states of NAM at the Plenary Hall of Baku Cengress Centre.
On her arrival at the centre at 10 am, Sheikh Hasina was received by the Azerbaijan President.
The other world leaders who joined the summit include Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammed, Djibouti President Ismail Omar, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Pakistani President Arif Alvi, Indian Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the current chairperson of NAM, delivered the opening remarks at the inaugural session of the summit. After his speech, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev was elected chairman unopposed of NAM for the next three years.
