Chief Adviser Dr. Yunus returns home

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home in the early hours today, concluding his four-day visit to the USA, where he attended the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and participated in several high-level side events.

“A commercial flight of the Qatar Airways carrying the chief adviser and his entourages reached the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at 3:32 am today" CA’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said.

Earlier, the flight departed the JKF International Airport, New York, at 9:30 pm (NY Time) on Friday.

During his tour of the USA, the Chief Adviser conducted 40 high-level meetings with heads of government from 12 countries, including US President Joe Biden, as well as leaders of various international organizations. He met bilaterally with President Biden on September 24 and addressed the UNGA session on Friday (September 27).

Prof Yunus also joined bilateral talks with the United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma and Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof, among others.

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken, Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, President of the World Bank Group Ajay Banga and USAID Administrator Samantha Power, among others, called on the chief adviser during his stay in New York.

The Chief Adviser also participated in several high-level events in New York on the sidelines of the UNGA session. He arrived in the city on September 23 to attend the 79th UNGA session.