FM to attend 15th NAM Ministerial Conference in Tehran

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama will lead the Sri Lankan delegation to the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Conference to be held in the Iranian capital Tehran from July 29 to July 30, states a Foreign Ministry press release.

Sri Lanka is a founder member of NAM, which comprises 118 member states, representing nearly two-thirds of the UN membership and 55% of the world population.

The NAM has always had a deep and abiding commitment to world peace and security, which pre-dates its formal institutionalization in 1961 at the first Summit held in Belgrade. Sri Lanka hosted the 5th Non-Aligned Summit in 1976 and is currently a Vice Chair for the Asian region.

Minister Bogollagama will address the plenary session on the inaugural day of the meeting on 29th July and will return to Colombo on the same day, due to his prior commitments in connection with the 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo. He is also scheduled to call on the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Mahmoud Ahamadinejad before his departure for Colombo.