Baku hosts Youth Summit of Non-Aligned Movement

The Youth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has kicked off in Baku, Report informs.

Young representatives of more than 60 member states of NAM, as well as ambassadors of several countries in Azerbaijan, attend the Summit.

At the opening ceremony, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan Farid Gayibov read the address of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the participants of the Summit.

Later, Ordukhan Kahramanzade, the current chairman of the NAM Youth Network, will speak. Within the various segments of the Summit, the participants will discuss the final documents of the event, take part in an NGO Model Simulation exercise, as well as a training session on effective management of organizations, participate in panel discussions with the participation of various officials, and make presentations. A visit to the Gala Ethnographic Museum and an intercultural exchange event will be held within the Summit's framework.

The Non-Aligned Movement is an international organization with 120 states as members, 17 other countries and ten international organizations acting as observers.

Azerbaijan will chair the Non-Aligned Movement until the end of 2023.