NAM Science Ministers in Tehran for First Meeting

TEHRAN (Fars) -- Tehran will host a meeting of the ministers of science, research and technology of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Sunday.

Date: 21 February 2015 - 20:57

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"Tehran will host the first meeting of the NAM science ministers on February 22-24," senior advisor to Iranian Science, Research and Technology Minister Aidin Molazadeh said on Saturday.
Iranian Science, Research and Technology Minister Muhammad Farhadi is also due to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from the NAM member-states on the sidelines of the main meeting tomorrow.
Over 60 science ministers are due to take part in meeting on Monday and Tuesday.
Molazadeh expressed the hope that the upcoming NAM meeting would pave the way for greater scientific cooperation of the NAM science ministers in the future.
Iran currently holds the rotating presidency of the NAM.
NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. NAM is the largest grouping of countries outside of the United Nations.
NAM member states represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members and comprise 55% of the world population, particularly countries considered to be developing or part of the Third World.
Iran received NAM rotating presidency at the opening ceremony of the NAM summit in Tehran on August 26, 2012 from Egypt for a period of three years.