Minister Grabar-Kitarović held a speech at the Annual Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement’s foreign ministers

In her speech, Minister Grabar-Kitarović pointed out that there is a clear connection between development and security, and that the development of the undeveloped countries is crucial for the strengthening of global security as extreme poverty breeds the world’s major security problem – terrorism.

Stressing that the Non-Aligned Movement was founded with the aim of protecting the rights of states and nations to live in peace and freedom and co-operate in development, Minister Grabar-Kitarović said that this year’s General Assembly is dealing with the same goals – development, multilateralism, accepting the positive and rejecting the negative aspects of globalisation, and the reforms necessary for the strengthening of security and fighting terrorism.

Emphasizing that most of the non-aligned countries require assistance in reconstruction and peace keeping operations, Minister Grabar-Kitarovićb offered Croatia’s experiences in that field.