Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has arrived in
Tehran to attend the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

A 36-member delegation of Mongolian officials, headed by
Elbegdorj, arrived at Tehran”s Imam Khomeini International Airport in the early
hours of Wednesday.

“Iran is capable of promoting mutual understanding between nations, which is
the main foundation of global peace,” the Mongolian president told reporters at
the airport.

“The [Non-Aligned] Movement can play an important role in establishing world
peace,” Elbegdorj added.

NAM is an international organization with 120 member states that is not
formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. Nearly two-thirds of the
countries of the UN are also NAM members.

Over 100 countries have sent representatives to the NAM summit, which kicked
off with an expert-level meeting in the Iranian capital on Sunday.

The meeting of heads of state and government opens on Thursday with an
inaugural speech by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali
Khamenei.