Climate issues: Maldives to work under Dhaka's leadership

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The Maldives government intends to address the global climate-change issues under the leadership of Bangladesh, as both are the most vulnerable countries to climatic calamities.
"The Maldives wants to work with Bangladesh on climate-change issues," newly appointed High Commissioner of the Maldives in Bangladesh Ahmed Sareer said while presenting his credentials to President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban Thursday, reports UNB.
During the meeting, the envoy told the President that his government highly praised the effective initiatives taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
"The Prime Minister of Bangladesh was fully successful in motivating the leaders of the rich countries to reduce their carbon emissions," said the envoy.
Mentioning that some 45,000 Bangladeshi people work in his country, which also intends to import teachers from Bangladesh, Mr Sareer expressed the hope that the numbers would increase in the future.
He also mentioned that many students from the Maldives were pursuing their higher studies in Bangladesh.