President Mahama Arrives in Belgrade for 65th Non-Aligned Movement Summit

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Belgrade for a gathering that marks 65 years of the Non-Aligned Movement, a group Ghana helped establish during the Cold War.

Hosted by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, the summit brings together senior representatives from more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Its theme is “The Legacy of Non-Alignment: Lessons for Today’s World.”

The meeting aims to reaffirm the movement’s core principles, including sovereign equality among nations, respect for territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs and stronger economic cooperation among developing countries.

Ghana’s Presidency said Mahama’s participation reflects the country’s historic role as a founding member in 1961. Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, advanced the movement’s vision alongside Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Indonesian President Sukarno.

The Non-Aligned Movement has 120 member states and is the largest international grouping outside the United Nations. It was created to give developing countries an independent diplomatic path without aligning with either the Western capitalist bloc or the Soviet socialist bloc.