United News of Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman joined the World Leaders’ Summit of the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) at the Antalya Exhibition Centre in Antalya, Türkiye, on Wednesday afternoon. He joined the summit around 12:15pm local time, said PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplu. More than 150 heads of state and government are taking part in the two-day summit, which will end on Thursday, he said. The Prime Minister was accompanied by his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo and State Minister-1 for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir. Tarique reached the conference venue at 10:10am local time, where he was welcomed by the organisers. Before the opening session, he exchanged greetings and pleasantries with heads of state and government and senior representatives of international organisations at the Leaders’ Lounge. He also held brief, informal conversations with world leaders on issues of mutual interest. After the World Leaders’ Summit, Tarique is scheduled to attend a Zero Waste Roundtable meeting in the afternoon. On the sidelines of the conference, the Prime Minister is also scheduled to hold separate meetings with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Shiplu said. In the evening, he will attend a dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in honour of world leaders.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman exchanged greetings and pleasantries with heads of state and government and senior representatives of international organisations at the Leaders’ Lounge ahead of the opening ceremony of the World Leaders’ Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) in Türkiye’s Antalya on Wednesday. The Prime Minister reached the venue of the United Nations Climate Change Conference at 10:10am local time, where he was welcomed by the organisers, said PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplu. His wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, accompanied him. Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo and State Minister-1 for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir were also present. Before the opening ceremony, world leaders gathered at the Leaders’ Lounge, where they exchanged greetings and held brief informal conversations on issues of mutual interest.