Iran calls for NAM’s more active role in the world
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to play a more active role in international bodies in order to strengthen the rule of law in the world.
Addressing NAM’s ministerial meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, Amir-Abdollahian said that the movement should support multilateralism more strongly than before.
He also called for the movement to strongly express its opposition to some countries’ instrumental use of international bodies, and more decisively defend the fundamental principles of international law.
With its 120 member states, NAM is the largest grouping of countries outside of the UN, making it an important player in global and multilateral affairs.
The Iranian foreign minister also said Iran strongly condemns a recent “provocative” act of desecration of Muslims’ holy book, the Qu’ran, in Sweden.
Amir-Abdollahian told his counterparts participating in the conference that due to the fact that some European governments intend to officially support the establishment of such illegitimate procedures in support of Islamophobia and xenophobia, the Non-Aligned Movement should condemn the move in strongest terms.
On June 28, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi immigrant, stomped on the Qur’an before setting several pages alight in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque. The insult to the Muslim holy book was made under the authorization and protection of the Swedish police.
Amir-Abdollahian also said the threat posed by Israel’s weapons of mass destruction against the peace and security of the world, its systematic violence against Palestinians, destruction of their houses, and storming holy sites, including Al-Aqsa Mosque, still persist.
He also said Iran strongly condemns the recent “barbaric” attacks by the regime against innocent Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp, calling on the international community to decisively react to the hostile actions in the occupied territories.
Undoubtedly, the recent normalization of some regional countries with the regime would result in destabilization of the region, he said.
He also underlined that the regime must immediately end its military attacks against countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon.