Bangladesh: D-8 ministerial meeting on agriculture begins tomorrow

DHAKA, 12 January 2022, (TON): The seventh D-8 Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Food Security will begin virtually tomorrow.

"Organised by the Agriculture Ministry, the two-day ministerial level meeting of D-8 (Developing Eight), an alliance of developing countries, is going to begin today (Wednesday).

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said “the meeting will be held virtually due to coronavirus pandemic.”

He said “Bangladesh is the incumbent president of D-8 Forum and that is why the conference is very important as a part of South-South cooperation.”

He added “besides, the agriculture minister said, Bangladesh is now the president of Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) too. The meeting will discuss climate smart agriculture promotion, so it is very important.”

He said “agriculture and food ministers and secretaries and other senior officials from the alliance's member states - Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey - will join the high-level meeting.”

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