Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited sister of Kuwait Emir, Anthal Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, to visit Bangladesh for having a look regarding the adverse effect of climate change in the most vulnerable countries like Bangladesh.

She made the invitation when Anthal called on the PM at her suite at Bayan Palace Sunday evening.

Anthal, who is also an environment activist, accepted the PM's invitation and expressed her desire to visit Bangladesh at her convenient time.

The premier during the meeting expressed her deep concern regarding the adverse effect of climate change and expressed her desire to work together with Anthal.

In this connection, Hasina apprised Anthal that more than 300 rivers of Bangladesh have seriously been affected due to the climate change.

She said that her government had taken a number of steps to overcome the adverse effect of the climate change.

No nation will be able to fight alone against a big issue like the climate change, Hasina said.

In this connection, the PM said that in the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference last year she urged the world community, especially the developed countries, to come forward and help the MVCs.

She said that during the Climate Change Conference she demanded that Bangladesh and MVCs must be provided with compensatory grant and easily accessible adequate fund to meet the full cost of adaptation to climate change.

She also urged the world nations to rise above perceived and petty national interests in the greater interest of the existence of this mother planet.

Regarding the fund, she said disbursement of the fund must take into account the extent of vulnerability to climate change, the size of population exposed to risk, adaptation initiatives by countries concerned.

Terming the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Kuwait as excellent, Hasina hoped that it would be further strengthened in days to come.

Younger sister of the Prime Minister Sheikh Rehana, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh Ambassador in Kuwait Shahed Reza and PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad, among others, were present during the meeting.