Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that Bangladesh was proud to be the first troop and police-contributing country to install solar panels in a UN peacekeeping mission.
He emphasized innovative approaches and initiatives to make peacekeeping operations more environment friendly as he spoke as a panellist in an event on “Improving environmental management in peacekeeping” co-hosted by the UN and the US on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said.
Dr Momen is leading a high-level Bangladesh delegation to the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial currently being held in Accra, Ghana.
Later, the foreign minister met his Ghanaian counterpart Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey in Accra, Ghana.
Both foreign ministers emphasized the importance of developed countries adopting aggressive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and making the commitment to allocate $100 billion annually a reality.
Ghana and Bangladesh are the Troika members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum as the current and immediate past chairs respectively of the organization.
Both the foreign ministers agreed to share experience and expertise in the agriculture sector for the mutual benefit of both nations and also discussed ways of possible collaboration in the pharmaceutical and IT sectors among others.
