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Russia invited to attend Cuba NAM summit as observer

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MOSCOW, June 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has been invited to attend as an observer a summit of a movement that seeks to promote national independence and oppose colonialism and imperialism, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday.

The ministry said the invitation to attend a Havana summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which unites 100 nations, had been extended to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko by Cuban Ambassador to Russia Jorge Marti Martinez.

The ministry said Yakovenko had highlighted the importance of the NAM in the current system of international relations.

"Russia looks for close cooperation with the NAM at the level of bilateral relations, as well as within the United Nations," the ministry said.

The NAM was established in 1961 and held its last summit in Kuala Lumpur in 2003. Malaysia currently chairs the movement, but will hand over to Cuba in time for the island nation to preside over a summit in September.

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