Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged the countries in the global south to stand in solidarity and unity to achieve the ultimate goals of sustainable development.

He was addressing the General Debate of the Third South Summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday.

Underscoring the ongoing global crisis due to climate change, wars and sanction-counters, the debt crisis, and escalating protectionism, he also said that the Member States of G-77 and China must leverage South-South cooperation to overcome these challenges, reports BSS.

He recalled the historic address of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered at the 29th UN General Assembly in 1974 and said tha...