PM Hasina holds meetings with Chinese PM, world leaders
Friday, 18 December 2009
Copenhagen, Dec 17 (UNB) - World Leaders assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of standing by Bangladesh in its grim fight against the climate-change impacts on human life, ecology, economy and agriculture.
The Prime Minister got the assurances when she attended a joint luncheon hosted by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at his hotel Radisson Blue Scandinavia suite and a breakfast meeting with six international leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the Bella Centre, the venue for the ongoing UN Climate Conference in the Danish capital Thursday.
Abul Kalam Azad, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, briefed newsmen about the outcomes of the luncheon and breakfast meetings on the sidelines of the global summit meet on the most pressing global issue of the time.
On her arrival at the hotel, the Chinese Premier warmly received the Bangladesh Prime Minister.
Heads of government and state of the Maldives representing small islands, Sudan representing G-77, Ethiopia representing African climate victims and Grenada also attended the joint lunch.
Sheikh Hasina in the lunch meet requested the Chinese PM and other stakeholders of the Copenhagen summit to give priority to the interests of the global human kind for safeguarding the existence of the earth and its creatures.
She said Bangladesh, the Maldives and other such countries are already facing the wrath of the climate calamities and these countries' development programmes would go in vain if the international community does not come forward with financial assistance to compensate for the climate losses.
Hasina said following the massive victory in the December 29 general election, the present Awami League-led government is working round the clock to change the fate of the people chalking out and implementing various development plans and programmes, mostly with its own resources.
The Prime Minister got the assurances when she attended a joint luncheon hosted by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at his hotel Radisson Blue Scandinavia suite and a breakfast meeting with six international leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the Bella Centre, the venue for the ongoing UN Climate Conference in the Danish capital Thursday.
Abul Kalam Azad, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, briefed newsmen about the outcomes of the luncheon and breakfast meetings on the sidelines of the global summit meet on the most pressing global issue of the time.
On her arrival at the hotel, the Chinese Premier warmly received the Bangladesh Prime Minister.
Heads of government and state of the Maldives representing small islands, Sudan representing G-77, Ethiopia representing African climate victims and Grenada also attended the joint lunch.
Sheikh Hasina in the lunch meet requested the Chinese PM and other stakeholders of the Copenhagen summit to give priority to the interests of the global human kind for safeguarding the existence of the earth and its creatures.
She said Bangladesh, the Maldives and other such countries are already facing the wrath of the climate calamities and these countries' development programmes would go in vain if the international community does not come forward with financial assistance to compensate for the climate losses.
Hasina said following the massive victory in the December 29 general election, the present Awami League-led government is working round the clock to change the fate of the people chalking out and implementing various development plans and programmes, mostly with its own resources.