<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin has underscored the need for mutual exchange of the benefit of advanced green technologies among all the developing Muslim countries aiming to drive a wider structural shift and foster sustainable transition in particularly climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Public funds from multilateral sources have to be prioritized...the benefit of clean, green, and advanced green technologies needs to be shared with all the developing Muslim countries for the greater benefit of climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh," Shahab Uddin said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The minister made this appeal while attending the 9th conference of Environment Ministers in Saudi Arabia's port city Jeddah on Thursday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We look forward to enhance our collaboration in the areas of environment, climate change and energy", he told the first scientific session of the conference titled 'Green Transformation in the Islamic World: Challenges and Opportunities'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;"We urge Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or ICESCO, a specialized organization, to consolidate our partnership to ensure environment-friendly green growth and make the world a safer and better place for our future generation," Shahab Uddin added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The minister said Bangladesh government strongly condemns atrocities by occupying Israel forces in Palestine, Indiscriminate Killing of civilian people, Large Scale destruction causing unprecedented sufferings of millions of Philistines in front of the Whole world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The government of Bangladesh, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is trying its best to make the country climate resilient, the minister noted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abdulrahman Al-Fadley, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Dr. Salim M. Almalik, Director General of ICESCO were present on the occasion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iqbal Abdullah Harun, additional secretary (admin), Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, (joint secretary-environment), and Md. Akhteruzzaman, Private Secretary to the minister were present at the function. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>