North African foreign ministers attend NAM ministerial meeting in Malaysia

30/05/2006

[File] Bedjaoui

South-South co-operation constitutes a "key for development" of non-aligned countries, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui said on Monday (29 May) at the ministerial meeting of the co-ordination office of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Putrajaya, Malaysia. "In our all-out approach for the promotion of our ideas and ideals, it is important to remember our own capacities," Bedjaoui told his colleagues. Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa and Tunisia's Abdelwaheb Abdallah also attended the event. About 90 NAM member countries sent delegates to the meeting, entitled "Towards a More Dynamic and Cohesive NAM: Challenges of the 21st Century". (APS, Xinhua)