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Published : 27 Sep 2025, 09:54 PM
Leaders from across the world have met Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel in the United States, expressing “full support” for him and the interim government.
According to the state-run news agency BSS, they pledged to offer expertise and assistance to Bangladesh during what they described as a pivotal period on Friday.
The delegation, led by former Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga, met Yunus on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The group included former government heads from Slovenia, Serbia, Latvia, Belgium, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mauritius.
Also present were a former Commonwealth secretary general, a former Georgian deputy prime minister, four former UNGA presidents, several former foreign ministers, and World Bank’s former vice-president Ismail Serageldin, among others.
World leaders praised Yunus for his leadership and lifelong fight against poverty and injustice, the BSS said.
They acknowledged Bangladesh’s progress under his interim government but warned of deep challenges after “16 years of misrule, corruption and exploitation”.
Several reportedly pledged expertise to aid reconstruction and recovery.
Human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, recently back from Bangladesh, said: “The strides you’ve made on human rights are extraordinary.”
Melanne Verveer of Georgetown University announced her institute would soon formally back the July Revolution.
Yunus was quoted as saying by the BSS, “This country has been through a 15-year-long earthquake. Its magnitude was 9 on the Richter scale.”
On rising expectations, he added: “People expect miracles overnight, despite our limited resources. But we must fulfil the dreams of our youth.”
He urged international support for the national elections due in February.
