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"NAM should carve out a role for itself in the new world order by emerging as a collective, pragmatic and serious voice of the south," Mr. Vajpayee said in an interview to the Arabic daily al Ba'ath here. "As a longstanding member of this movement, Syria would have an important role in this objective of revitalising NAM,'' he said. Mr. Vajpayee said the objective was to focus on common concerns that include commitment to multilateralism, combating terrorism, reform of the United Nations system, democratisation of world bodies and developmental issues. As a founding member of NAM, India believed in the continuing relevance of its basic principles but "it must find a consensual framework to face the new range of global challenges," Mr. Vajpayee said. On the Kashmir issue, the Prime Minister made it clear that it had to be solved bilaterally under the Shimla Agreement as well as the Lahore Declaration and not according to the five-decade-old U.N. Security Council resolutions, as much had changed since then."The U.N. Security Council has dealt with this matter over five decades ago. Since then the political, economic, social and demographic realities had changed beyond recognition," he said. PTI
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