Bangladesh considers SAARC a zone of peace, development: Iftekhar
Saturday, 8 December 2007
NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (UNB): Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said Bangladesh sees the SAARC region as a zone of peace and development, emphasising that "regional cooperation should be intensified to meet the aspirations of our peoples."
He made the remarks at the meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers here today (Friday).
The adviser stressed the importance of climate change and urged the SAARC member states to issue a strongly worded document, to be transmitted to the ongoing Bali Conference on Environment, emphasising a common position and pointing to the vulnerabilities of "countries with long and low-lying coastlines."
He offered to host in Bangladesh a SAARC ministerial conference on climate change, in line with the informal consultations during the last UN General Assembly session in New York.
Iftekhar Chowdhury supported the nomination of a SAARC village in each member state where the "best practices" of SAARC would be implemented.
He made the remarks at the meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers here today (Friday).
The adviser stressed the importance of climate change and urged the SAARC member states to issue a strongly worded document, to be transmitted to the ongoing Bali Conference on Environment, emphasising a common position and pointing to the vulnerabilities of "countries with long and low-lying coastlines."
He offered to host in Bangladesh a SAARC ministerial conference on climate change, in line with the informal consultations during the last UN General Assembly session in New York.
Iftekhar Chowdhury supported the nomination of a SAARC village in each member state where the "best practices" of SAARC would be implemented.