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Iranian Foreign Minister to visit India for talks with Indian officials

Iran Materials 24 May 2012 16:37 (UTC +04:00)

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is scheduled to pay an official visit to India next week to hold talks with the country's Premier Manmohan Singh, Press TV reported.

Iran's Ambassador to New Delhi Mehdi Nabizadeh said on Thursday that Salehi will extend President Ahmadinejad's invitation to the Indian prime minister to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran.

Apart from meeting with Prime Minister Singh, Salehi will also hold talks with other Indian officials, the ambassador added.

Earlier this month, Salehi visited Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to attend a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.

The two-day Coordinating Bureau ministerial meeting, a preparation for the 16th NAM summit, discussed a draft document to be later submitted to the summit in Tehran for final ratification.

In the 16th summit, Iran will receive the NAM rotating presidency from Egypt for the next three years.

NAM, an international organization with some 120 member states, is considered as not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It represents nearly two-thirds of the UN members.

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