Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro on Wednesday met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and discussed issues of mutual interest.
The courtesy meeting was held at the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO).
In the margins of the high-level week of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, the President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister), Giorgia Meloni, met with Prof Yunus and expressed Italy's support for the reform process in Bangladesh and the main goal of improving the population's social and economic conditions.
The meeting in New York also provided an opportunity to discuss migration, with the intention being stated to strengthen cooperation on this issue, in particular by relaunching negotiations to complete a bilateral agreement to combat irregular migration flows, establish closer cooperation on returns and, at the same time, support legal paths.
