Non-Aligned summit starts in Tehran

Tehran Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has addressed the Non-Aligned Summit in Tehran and urged the creation of "a new world order". "When all countries are involved in the management of the world community, then there will be no place for discrimination, aggression and hegemony and every nation will be able to realize its capabilities," Ahmadinejad said in a speech to participants of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit. Non-Aligned summit starts in Tehran He urged heads of state and government and other senior officials to implement a partnership based on peace, freedom and human dignity in global governance in order to ensure a lasting peace in the world. Ahmadinejad also criticized the UN Security Council, saying that "wars and murders happen with its approval". Iran today officially took over from Egypt the presidency of the Movement, which brings together 120 member states. Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that, on the initiative of his country, a group - the so-called Troika - was formed that will work on finding a solution for Syria. The group includes Iran, Egypt and Veneceula (current, former and future chairman of the Movement) and additionally, Lebanon and Iraq. The Syrian delegation today left the hall after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi referred to the regime in Damascus as "repressive". Morsi also stated that it was a "moral duty" to support "the Syrian people in the revolt against Assad". The Summit started on Thursday in the presence of 20 heads of state or government, according to Iranian state television, while the majority of the 120 countries are represented at the ministerial level. In his opening speech, the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran "will never seek to acquire nuclear weapons". He added, however, that Iran will not give up on the "right of the Iranian people to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes." Western countries fear that under the guise of a peacetime program Iran is developing a nuclear warhead, which Tehran continuously denies. Khamenei denounced the "dictatorship" of the Security Council of the United Nations. "The UN Security Council has an irrational structure, unfair and completely anti-democratic, that represents an obvious dictatorship," Khamenei said at the opening ceremony, that was also attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Serbia is represented at the summit by Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic. Serbia, one of the founders of the movement in 1961, now has observer status in the organization. (Beta/AP) Beta Tanjug

Non-Aligned summit starts in Tehran

He urged heads of state and government and other senior officials to implement a partnership based on peace, freedom and human dignity in global governance in order to ensure a lasting peace in the world.

Ahmadinejad also criticized the UN Security Council, saying that "wars and murders happen with its approval".

Iran today officially took over from Egypt the presidency of the Movement, which brings together 120 member states. Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that, on the initiative of his country, a group - the so-called Troika - was formed that will work on finding a solution for Syria.

The group includes Iran, Egypt and Veneceula (current, former and future chairman of the Movement) and additionally, Lebanon and Iraq.

The Syrian delegation today left the hall after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi referred to the regime in Damascus as "repressive". Morsi also stated that it was a "moral duty" to support "the Syrian people in the revolt against Assad".

The Summit started on Thursday in the presence of 20 heads of state or government, according to Iranian state television, while the majority of the 120 countries are represented at the ministerial level.

In his opening speech, the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran "will never seek to acquire nuclear weapons".

He added, however, that Iran will not give up on the "right of the Iranian people to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes." Western countries fear that under the guise of a peacetime program Iran is developing a nuclear warhead, which Tehran continuously denies.

Khamenei denounced the "dictatorship" of the Security Council of the United Nations.

"The UN Security Council has an irrational structure, unfair and completely anti-democratic, that represents an obvious dictatorship," Khamenei said at the opening ceremony, that was also attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Serbia is represented at the summit by Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić. Serbia, one of the founders of the movement in 1961, now has observer status in the organization.