Uganda To Pass Nam Chairmanship To Uzbekistan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 6. After Uganda, the
chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will pass to
Uzbekistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov said during
the closing ceremony of the ministerial meeting of the NAM
Coordinating Bureau, trend reports.
The minister noted that the ministerial meeting of NAM
Coordinating Bureau held in Baku demonstrated the spirit of
cooperation among all member countries of the organization.
"At present, humanity is facing serious security challenges, and
the Non-Aligned Movement plays an important role in overcoming
these challenges. Azerbaijan will continue its effective work in
the interests of this organization, in the name of peace and
development," said Bayramov.
Azerbaijan has been chairing the NAM since 2019. Despite the
country's chairmanship coinciding with the height of the pandemic,
official Baku has successfully fulfilled its chairing mission and
obtained the right to lead the movement for an additional year.
Within the framework of the ministerial meeting of the NAM
Coordinating Bureau, an event on the topic of "Towards the Total
Eradication of Colonialism" took place at the Baku Congress
Center.
Speaking at the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau
of the Non-Aligned Movement yesterday, President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev said that one of the countries that still is pursuing
the neo-colonialism is France.
“French administered territories outside Europe are nasty
remains of the French colonial empire. France must respect the
sovereignty of the Comoros over the island of Mayotte as well as
the rights of the New Caledonian people and other peoples in French
overseas communities and territories,” President Ilham Aliyev
said.
President Ilham Aliyev pointed out that France has to apologize
for its colonial past and bloody colonial crimes and acts of
genocide against NAM member countries in Africa, South-East Asia
and other places.
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