‘NAM must discuss US exit from PG’

“This summit should ponder over a solution and issue a statement to drive out the US warships from the Persian Gulf, as the rightful demand of the people of the Middle East and Persian Gulf region,” said Mohammad-Hassan Asfari, a member of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in a Saturday interview with IRNA.

Iran will host the 16th summit of the NAM member states August 26-31.

The Islamic Republic will also assume the rotating presidency of the movement for three years during the Tehran summit.

Over the past month, the US has added five warships to its Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, in an attempt to bolster America’s military presence in the Persian Gulf.

Washington has been weighing various alternatives to boost its military presence in the Middle East, particularly across the Persian Gulf.

Asfari also pointed out that the upcoming NAM summit should spotlight the growing Islamic Awakening movement across the Arab world and noted, “Different committees should be formed at the NAM summit for this issue with the aim of following up the demands of the world’s freedom-seeking people, including in Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.”

He also noted that assisting the Somali nation should be high on the agenda of the summit adding, “Today, millions of the Somali people are struggling with poverty and their country has been invaded by the foreigners. This summit should deal with this important issue.”

NAM, an international organization with 120 member states and 17 observer countries, is considered as not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.

NAM’s purpose, as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979, is to ensure “the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries.”

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