Dr Yunus holds high-level meetings in Davos
The annual meeting of 2025 brought global leaders to address key global and regional challenges
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday met Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting.
On the sidelines, the Chief Adviser held a separate meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Dr Yunus also had a meeting with Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb, the 13th President of the Republic of Finland.
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Dr Yunus arrived on Tuesday afternoon to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos where he engaged extensively with the global leaders since his arrival.
Earlier, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam received the Chief Adviser at the Zurich International Airport upon his arrival.
The Chief Adviser and his delegation members arrived at the Zurich International Airport at 12:27pm (Zurich time) on an Emirates flight.
Chief Adviser's Special Envoy on International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi, Principal Coordinator on SDGs Affairs (Senior Secretary) Lamiya Morshed, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and Secretary (West) M Riaz Hamidullah, among others, accompanied Dr Yunus.
The annual meeting of 2025 brought global leaders to address key global and regional challenges.
These include responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards, and stewarding just and inclusive energy transition.
This year's meeting convened under the theme 'Collaboration for the Intelligent Age' and the programme will be oriented around five distinct but highly interconnected thematic priorities:
The meeting brings together nearly 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries, and 350 governmental leaders, including 60 heads of state and governments, from all key regions.
