The 15th Non- Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit of heads of state or government opened here Wednesday, seeking more international solidarity to tackle the global financial crisis and other international and regional problems and enhance the world's peace and development, reported Xinhua.

At the two-day summit, heads of state or government from over 100 NAM countries all over the world will focus their debate on the summit theme of International Solidarity for Peace and Development as well as on current hotspot international and regional issues, such as global financial crisis, climate change, Middle East peace, food security, energy and nuclear issues.

The leaders are also expected to sign the summit's final document and a Sharm El Sheikh Declaration, approving the strategy and action plan of the movement in the next three years