File photo of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneForeign minister seeks NAM support on Rohingya repatriationThe Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will have to be more relevant and effective in order to face contemporary global challenges, including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said. Reaffirming Bangladesh's unswerving commitment to NAM values, he stressed the need to foster cooperation among the organisation’s 120-member states to confront the challenges of the contemporary world, including Covid-19. In a recorded statement delivered at the ministerial meeting of the NAM coordinating bureau on Friday, the foreign minister said that that members must reflect on the movement’s achievements so far, and endeavor to make the organization more relevant and effective to face the current and emerging global challenges. "However, the Covid-19 pandemic presents formidable challenges to these aspirations. Dr Momen said that Covid-19 was likely to exacerbate existing global challenges, including poverty, climate change, drought, desertification, violence, extremism and conflicts.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 09, 2020 15:55 UTC