Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand is scheduled to attend the 13th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit being held in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur from February 20 to 24.

The concept of NAM was floated by Tito, the then President of Yugoslavia in 1961. The whole idea behind its inception was to ward off the threat of a probable war. The first summit of NAM was held in the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade.

The rationale behind the inception of NAM is being questioned ever since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the end of cold war and the rise of USA as the lone super power in the world.

NAM leaders have been reiterating that there needs to be a thorough policy review regarding its objectives and priorities in the changed global context.