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NAM Heads of State and Heads of Government pose for a group photo

The President meeting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the side- President meeting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari lines of the NAM Summit President Rajapaksa being greeted by Afghan President Hamid Karzai President at NAM Summit in Iran

resident Mahinda Rajapaksa participat- Ped in the 16th Non Aligned Heads of State Summit in Teheran, Iran on Thursday. The Non-Aligned Summit attended by Heads of State and Heads of Government of 120 states is focusing attention on International development activities. Observers from 17 coun- tries are also attending the summit. President Mahinda Raja- paksa held bilateral meet- ings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and several other Heads of State on the sidelines of the summit. President Mahinda Raja- paksa's delegation includes Ministers Prof. G. L. Peiris, , and Felix Perera, Deputy Minis- ter , Parlia- mentarian Sajin Vaas Guna- wardene and Secretary to the President Lalith Weera- tunge. Pictures by Sudath Silva

The 16th Non Aligned Heads of State Summit in progress at the Teheran Summit Conference Hall

NAM leaders and other delegates at the Summit President Mahinda Rajapaksa participating in the 16th Non Aligned Heads of State Summit

President Mahinda Rajapaksa flanked by Palestinian Leader President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other delegates Mahmoud Abbas and other delegates at the NAM Summit Section of the Sri Lankan delegation at the Summit