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External Affairs Minister’s Azerbaijan visit

April 12 , 2018 2418 days 987 0
  • External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj embarked a three-day official visit to Azerbaijan's capital city Baku to participate in Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Conference.
  • The NAM Mid-Term Ministerial Conference held at Baku on 5-6 April under the theme of "Promoting international peace and security for sustainable development"
  • The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. As of 2012, the movement has 120 members.
  • 17 states and 10 International organizations have an observer status to NAM. NAM plays an important role in maintenance of the international peace and security.
  • In 2011, the Republic of Azerbaijan joined the movement at the XVI Ministerial Conference held in BaIi (Indonesia).
  • In 2019, the Republic of Azerbaijan will host the XVIII Summit of the NAM and will be chair of NAM between 2019 -2022.

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