President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Belgrade to attend the meeting marking the 65th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
President Mahama’s participation highlights Ghana’s historic role as a founding member of the movement in 1961.
The summit, themed “The Legacy of Non-Alignment: Lessons for Today’s World,” aims to reaffirm NAM’s core principles: sovereign equality among nations, respect for territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs, and enhanced economic cooperation among developing countries.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is hosting the summit, with high-level participation from over 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
With 120 member states, the Non-Aligned Movement is the largest international grouping outside the United Nations.
It was established during the Cold War to give developing nations an independent diplomatic path, letting them avoid aligning with either the Western capitalist or Soviet socialist blocs.
Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, spearheaded the Non-Aligned Movement’s vision alongside Yugoslavia’s President Josip Broz Tito, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Indonesia’s President Sukarno.