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