Erdogan invites Yunus to Turkey, assures of full support in building a prosperous Bangladesh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to visit Turkey and assured Bangladesh of all possible help in its journey to carry out deep reforms and build a prosperous country.

Prof Yunus met the Turkish president and the Turkish first lady at the climate summit of the world leaders at the COP29 venue in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

Prof Yunus also invited them to visit Bangladesh soon.

Chief Adviser Prof Yunus had a busy schedule during the opening of the COP29 global climate change summit.

The Bangladesh interim leader and 2006 Nobel Peace laureate met at least 20 leaders of countries from across the globe and heads of international agencies.

The chief adviser met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahiyan. He thanked the UAE president for releasing 57 Bangladeshi nationals who were imprisoned for staging protests in solidarity with the students in July.

Professor Yunus also met and greeted Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, and Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel.

Professor Yunus has been calling for the revival of SAARC as the central regional cooperation platform for South Asia's eight countries. SAARC revival will be a key cornerstone of his foreign policy, he had earlier said.

Among others, he met the Prime Minister of Belgium, President of Ghana, Prime Minister of Bosnia Herzegovina, President of Rwanda, Prime Minister of Albania, President of Montenegro, Prime Minister of Barbados, Vice Presidents of Brazil and Iran, President of FIFA, and Director General of IOM.