Bangladesh: PM accepts UN  SG's invitation to join GCRG after receiving his call

DHAKA, 13 April 2022, (TON): Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and invited  her to join the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance.

According to a press release signed by PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim “in reply to the invitation, the Prime Minister thanked the UN Secretary and  gave her consent to join the GCRG during talks between the two leaders that lasted for 12 minutes.”

The release said "Sheikh Hasina accepted his  invitation with great happiness.”

António Guterres released the initial recommendations of his GCRG, set up in response to the hunger crisis triggered by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine represent more than half of the world’s supply of sunflower oil and about 30 percent of the world’s wheat.

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