Aladin Borujerdi, the head of the Iranian parliament`s foreign policy committee, on a visit to Damascus, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad informed him at a meeting that Halqi and Muallem would attend the NAM summit.
Halqi was appointed on August 9 as prime minister after his predecessor Riad Hijab defected.
Iran is a staunch ally of Assad`s regime but is being excluded from most international efforts aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is attending the NAM summit despite reservations from the United States and Israel, along with 36 other heads of state or governments and 40 ministers or senior officials. (AK)
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