NEW YORK, Sept 24, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus had a bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here on Tuesday.

He also had a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on a sidelines event of the UNGA at the UN headquarters.

The Bangladesh chief adviser shared the stage with former US President Bill Clinton at a meeting of Clinton Global Initiative 2024.

On the sidelines of the UNGA session, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva met him as well.

Prof Yunus also attended a High Level Side Event on Rohingya Crisis at the UN headquarters in New York.

Later, he addressed a reception programme held at the UN headquarters here on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s membership in the United Nations.

Earlier in the day, Prof Yunus held a bilateral meeting with US President Joseph R Biden in New York, which was the first time in history of Bangladesh that a US President met a head of Bangladesh government on the sidelines of the UNGA.