Ahmadinejad invites Morsi to NAM summit

Iran invited Egypt’s first democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi to participate in the forthcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in the Iranian capital, Tehran. In their first telephone conversation on Wednesday, IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended his congratulations to his Egyptian counterpart over his recent victory in Egypt’s presidential election and wished him success. The 16th NAM summit will be held in Tehran on August 26-31. Iran will receive the rotating presidency of the movement from Egypt for three years during the Tehran summit. An international organization with some 120 member states and 17 observer countries, NAM represents nearly two-thirds of the UN members.