FIFA President Gianni Infantino has accepted the invitation of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to attend the Youth Festival in Bangladesh in January.
The FIFA President met the Chief Adviser on the sidelines of the COP29 conference in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on Tuesday (November 12) local time.
The Chief Adviser invited him to attend the upcoming Youth Festival and sought his cooperation in bringing some of the world's most renowned women's football teams to Bangladesh.
Earlier, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage to Azerbaijan left Dhaka at 11 am on Monday (November 11) Bangladesh time. The Chief Adviser will be on a state visit to Azerbaijan from November 11 to 14 on the occasion of the Climate Conference.
Professor Yunus will address various forums of COP29 and is scheduled to meet with important participants there. The conference will also highlight the leading role that Bangladesh is playing in addressing global climate change.