Rabbani heads to Baku for moot

Monitoring Desk

KABUL: Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, heading a high-level delegation, is scheduled to arrive in Azerbaijan Wednesday.

During his four-day trip, the foreign minister will attend a mid-term ministerial conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on April 5 and 6, the news agency Trend said. The two-day event, which will be held in Baku, seeks to promote international peace and security for sustainable development. A meeting of senior officials from NAM countries began in Baku on Tuesday. The forum has 120 states and 27 observers.

The meeting is to be attended by 800 officials.