NAM supports people of Palestine: Salah Zawawi

Palestinian Ambassador to Tehran Salah Zawawi says the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members stand on the side of the Palestinian people and support their cause, AVA Diplomatic reports.“The [ministerial] meeting was held for the committee of Palestine which constituted 12 ministers. It was a big opportunity for us to listen to the points of view, recommendations and considerations on the latest developments of the Palestinian question,” Zawawi said in an interview with Press TV on Thursday.

 He added that, the participants at the ministerial meeting “assured their support to the Palestinian question and their fair stand beside the Palestinians in the United Nations.”

Zawawi went on to say that the Non-Aligned Movement has an important role in “supporting the just questions including the Palestinian question.”

“They have played an excellent role, a very effective role in this regard. Let us hope that their role will be clearer in the United Nations,” the Palestinian official added.

More than 100 countries are partaking in the NAM summit, which kicked off at the expert level in Tehran on Sunday.
The two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the NAM member states wrapped up on Wednesday with member states finalizing a draft document after two days of deliberations.

The meeting of the heads of state kicked off in Tehran on Thursday with an inaugural speech by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and will discuss the draft document, which mainly focuses on the Palestinian issue and the Syria unrest.