Rouhani to Attend NAM Summit in Baku

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani is to visit neighboring Azerbaijan to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement due to be held later this week.

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23 October 2019

Heading a delegation, Rouhani will travel to the Azeri capital Baku in the coming days to participate in the 18th NAM Summit scheduled for Oct. 25-26, ISNA reported.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will also be accompanying the president during the visit.

The summit will be preceded by the preparatory meeting of senior officials on Oct. 21-22 and the preparatory ministerial meeting on Oct. 23-24, Financial Tribune reported.

Host Azerbaijan will formally take over the rotating chairmanship of NAM for the next three years at the Baku summit.