Tehran Summit’s Final Statement Stresses Non-Intervention in Syria

(FNA)- Opposition to military intervention in Syria will be the focus of the final statement of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced on Friday.

"The main pivot of the Tehran statement and the point that all member states are stressing is the lack of necessity for military intervention in Syria's internal affairs," Araqchi told FNA on Friday.

He meantime said that the final statement has not yet been issued and more discussions and consultations need to be carried out.

In relevant remarks on Thursday, Iranian Vice-President for International Affairs Ali Saeedlou also stated that the Non-Aligned Movement leaders will issue a 680-clause final statement at the end of the NAM summit on Friday.

Saeedlou told FNA that the NAM member states will declare their viewpoints over different regional and international issues within the framework of this final statement, dubbed as the Tehran Statement.

"The Tehran Statement will include 680 different paraphrases in which different countries' views have been met," the Iranian vice-president added.

The 16th heads-of-state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement started work here in Tehran on Thursday morning under Iran's presidency, a platform for anti-Western sentiments and grievances over big-power domination.

The meeting was inaugurated by an opening speech of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

The summit is being held after a two-day experts meeting and a foreign ministerial meeting of the NAM member states which also lasted for two days.