President Khatami confirms attendance of NAM summit, says Malaysia's FM

        Kuala Lumpur, Dec 2, IRNA -- Iranian President Seyed Mohamad Khatami has confirmed he will participate in the 13th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit here in February, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told IRNA here on Monday.
        Iran is an active member of NAM, the minister said, and was confident Iran would bring much needed vitality and energy to the NAM.
        "Iran has played an important role in the work of the movement," he told IRNA during his briefing of foreign and local editors on preparations for the NAM summit.
        He said other than President Khatami, 30 heads of government have so far confirmed they would attend, and Malaysia was hopeful of a good turnout based on the verbal responses it has received.
 

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