Next NAM Summit to Be Held in 2015 in Venezuela

The next summit of the Non-Aligned Movement will be held in Caracas in 2015, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced Friday, shortly after the closure of this year's event in Iran.

"It has been decided that the 17th summit (will be held) in Caracas in 2015," Maduro said in an interview with VTV state television in Tehran.

The 2012 summit ended in Tehran on Friday, after two days of sometimes heated debates on Iran's nuclear program and the conflict in Syria, overshadowing the Islamic republic's efforts to gain support against the West.

Representatives from the 120 members countries nevertheless adopted a document that condemned unilateral sanctions, backed the right of Iran and other states to peaceful nuclear energy, and supported the creation of a Palestinian state, Iranian media reported.

The 2015 summit will be held "in a world that will have evolved," Maduro said, explaining that NAM states will have made progress in efforts to build a "multi-polar, multi-centered world without the hegemony" of imperialist states.