SEOUL -- North Korea's titular head of state Kim Yong Nam left Pyongyang Saturday to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Egypt, according to the North's official news media.

The President of the Presidium of the North's parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), was seen off at the airport by Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the SPA, and others, the Korean Central News Agency said.

North Korea is a full member of the NAM, while South Korea is a guest.

South Korea will reportedly send Park In-Kook, its ambassador to the UN, to the summit, scheduled to take place July 11-16 in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Founded in 1955, NAM counts some 118 member states that represent 56 percent of the global population.

NAM states consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.