Iran press/ Asia: Syria's Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mekdad, during his speech at the Ministerial Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, said the wills of our countries have met, since the conferences of Bandung and Belgrade, for a more secure world where peace, justice, solidarity and cooperation prevail based upon respecting the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of the countries and equality among them and non-interference in their internal affairs.
Mekdad congratulated the friendly country of Azerbaijan on the successful hosting of the activities of this important meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement countries under the motto “United and steadfast in confronting emerging challenges”.
He stressed that the commitment to these principles have enabled our Movement to assume a significant position on the international arena, stressing that nowadays the need to maintain that position and enhancing it is increasing as we need to show commitment to those principles in facing the challenges which have emerged due to the policies of hegemony and the pressures put by some western countries.
Mekdad thanked the Movement’s member-states which stood by Syria and extended aid and support to the Syrian people following the disaster of the devastated earthquake which struck the country on Feb. 6 and left behind thousands of victims and destroyed many homes, infrastructure and service facilities.
