BSS :
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin has left Dhaka for Italy to participate in the pre-COP (Conference of the Parties)-26 consultation to be held in Milan from September 30 to October 3 next.
He departed from Dhaka at 4.30 am on Wednesday at the invitation of Italian Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, an official press release said.
Shahab Uddin is leading a three-member delegation that includes A Shamim Al Razi, Additional Secretary (Development) of the ministry and Bangladesh Focal Point of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Md Ziaul Haque, Director of Department of Environment (DoE).
The minister will also meet the CVF Secretariat and representatives of other countries to discuss COP-26 preparations.
