Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will address the plenary session of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit later. <br/><br/>The 17th NAM Summit began on 13th of this month and will culminate tomorrow with Venezuela taking over organisation's rotating Presidency from Iran for the next three years. <br/><br/>Mr. Ansari reached the Margarita Island, Venezuela today to attend the Summit. <br/><br/>He was received by Aristobulo Isturiz, Executive Vice President of Venezuela and accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Airport. <br/><br/>Later, Mr Ansari had a bilateral meeting with the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.<br/><br/>The NAM Summits are among the largest gathering of countries after the United Nations. <br/><br/>India is one of the founding members of the Non Aligned Movement which came into being 55 years ago when leaders of 25 developing countries, including the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru met at the 1961 Belgrade Conference. The last NAM Summit was hosted by Iran in 2012.