NAM ministers meet Iranian officials on sidelines of NAM meeting

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili held separate meetings and discussions with foreign ministers and senior officials of the countries attending the 15th Foreign Ministers' Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) (July 29-30). In the meetings the officials discussed NAM pertinent subjects as well as issues of mutual interest. The following are excerpts of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks in the meetings: IN MEETING WITH ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOURAD MEDELCI: "Tehran is Algerian officials' second home. Iranian and Algerian nations have highly consolidated emotional attachments and bonds. Tehran-Algiers relations should expand." IN MEETING WITH SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WALID MUALLEM: "The US has growingly weakened: Economically, the US is now... [read full story]