Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid will represent Maldives on behalf of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih at the XVIII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on October 25-26.
Foreign Minister Shahid will also address the summit and meet head of state and governments on the side-lines of the summit, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shahid arrived in Baku yesterday and has held meetings with President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu, the ministry said.
The XVIII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the NAM preceded the Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting on October 21-22 and the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting on October 23-24, which was attended by Foreign Secretory of Maldives Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed.
At the NAM Baku Summit, Azerbaijan will take over the chairmanship of the movement for the next 3 years.