NAM to hold meeting on Mideast

NAM to hold meeting on Mideast

MALAYSIA: At least a dozen mostly developing nations will meet in Malaysia next month to discuss the surging violence in the Middle East, news reports said on Sunday.

The meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will be held on May 13 with a special emphasis on how the international community can help restore the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Malaysian Foreign Syed Hamid Albar told the national news agency Bernama.

Countries that have confirmed they will attend the meeting include Algeria, Bangladesh, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The meeting comes after Malaysia earlier this week hosted an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the world's largest Muslim political grouping, to discuss similar issues.

Foreign ministers attending the OIC meeting pledged to rally together in their opposition of U.S. policies as they pertain to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. --DPA