CA Yunus meets top global leaders at climate summit
Global leaders and diplomats from across the world are joining the annual climate summit to discuss how to avoid increasing threats from climate change in a place that was one of the birthplaces of the oil industry
![Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [on left], UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan [on middle], Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic [on right] at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday, 12 November 2024. Photos: CA Press Wing](https://tbsnews.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_2/public/images/2024/11/12/yunus_meets_world_leaders.jpg)
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus spent a busy day at the opening day of the COP29 global climate change summit in the Azerbaijan capital Baku.
The Bangladesh interim leader and 2006 Nobel Peace laureate met at least 20 top leaders of countries across the globe and heads of international agencies.
The chief adviser met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish First Lady at the summit of the world leaders at the COP29 venue.
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President Erdoğan invited him to visit Turkey. He assured Bangladesh of all possible help in its journey to carry out deep reforms and build a prosperous country.
Professor Yunus invited the Turkish president and first lady to visit Bangladesh soon.
The chief adviser also met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahiyan. He thanked the UAE president for releasing 57 Bangladeshi nationals who were imprisoned for staging protests in solidarity with the students in July.
Professor Yunus met and greeted Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan; Mohamed Muizzu, the President of the Maldives; Tshering Tobgay, the Prime Minister of Bhutan; and Ramchandra Paudel, the President of Nepal.
Professor Yunus has been calling for the revival of the SAARC as a top platform for South Asia's eight countries. He earlier said that the revival of the SAARC would be a key cornerstone of his foreign policy.
He met, among others, the Prime Minister of Belgium, the President of Ghana, the Prime Minister of Bosnia Herzegovina, the President of Rwanda, the Prime Minister of Albania, the President of Montenegro, the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Vice Presidents of Brazil and Iran, the President of FIFA, and the Director General of IOM.
