DHAKA, 16 July 2022, (TON): State minister for foreign affairs, Md Shariar Alam, has called for strengthening global solidarity and adopting a well-coordinated response to address and overcome the ongoing challenges of the ongoing multiple and interlinked challenges.

He said “as a member of the Champions of the Global Crisis Response Group, my prime minister Sheikh Hasina is working with other global leaders to chart a global response commensurate with the scale and gravity of the crises.”

Shahriar was addressing a ministerial roundtable titled ‘Accelerating achievement of the SDGs by 2030, addressing on-going crises and overcoming challenges’ at the High-level Political Forum 2022 at the UN headquarters in New York.

The permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN ambassador, Rabab Fatima, and high-level officials were present at the event.

He said “Bangladesh rolled out 22 billion dollars of stimulus to keep our economy afloat, the social safety net was extensively expanded. Besides, we also spent billions of dollars on vaccines.”