BAKU: Azerbaijan is hosting the 18th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from 25-26 October 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Summit will be preceded by the meeting of the Preparatory Senior Officials on October 21-22. Likewise, the meeting of the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting will be held on October 23-24.
The Republic of Azerbaijan will take over the chairmanship of the NAM for the upcoming 3 years at the summit.
NAM is a forum of 120 developing world states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
Meanwhile, Nepal was formally integrated into the Belgrade summit of the non-aligned countries in 1961. (Agencies)
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