UAE health minister calls on CA
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday joined the interactive plenary session of the World Governments Summit at its venue in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates.
The session was moderated by Becky Anderson of CNN, according to a message received Dhaka on the day.
Earlier, Abdul Rahman聽 bin Mohamed Al Owais, health minister of the UAE called on the chief adviser on the sidelines of the WGS in Dubai.
During the meeting, the minister thanked Yunus for joining the prestigious annual summit of top government leaders, saying that his [Yunus] presence had uplifted the gathering, according to a message received Dhaka on the day.聽
鈥榃e learn from people like you,鈥� the UAE health minister said, as they discussed various aspects of the WGS.
鈥楾he WGS is learning from the experiences of people, who have come from all over the world,鈥� he said.
The minister also greeted the chief adviser for leading Bangladesh at a crucial moment in the country鈥檚 history.
He hoped that Bangladesh-UAE relationships would deepen during the tenure of the interim government and both nations would expand trade, business, and health ties in the coming days.
Professor Yunus said that he was impressed with the progress made by the UAE in the health sector and prevention of major diseases.
He also thanked the UAE for hosting over a million Bangladeshis.
Foreign adviser Touhid Hossain, special envoy to the chief adviser Lutfey Siddiqi, and senior secretary and the chief SDGs coordinator of the Bangladesh government Lamiya Morshed also joined the meeting.
Prof Yunus reached Dubai Wednesday night to take part in the WGS. Sports minister of the UAE Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi received him.