CA Yunus invited to attend 61st Munich Security Conference

Munich Security Conference Chairman Ambassador Christoph Heusgen on Tuesday invited Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to join the key annual security conclave to be held in the German city of Munich in February this year.

Heusgen extended the invitation to Dr Yunus when he met Bangladesh Chief Adviser on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in the Swiss city.

Lutfey Siddiqi, Special Envoy of the Chief Adviser and Lamiya Morshed, SDGs Affairs Principal Coordinator, also joined the meeting.

The 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) will take place from 14 to 16 February 2025 at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich.

The MSC 2025 will once again offer an unparalleled platform for high-level debates on the key foreign and security policy challenges of time.

The MSC 2025 comes at a pivotal moment of change: a new US administration takes office in January, a new cycle of European legislature in Brussels and German parliamentary elections follow just one week after the conference, said the organisers.

During the meeting, the two dignitaries -- Dr Yunus and Heusgen -- discussed the July uprising, Bangladesh's relationship with its neighbours, the Rohingya crisis and the online misinformation campaign.

Ambassador Heusgen said that online platforms such as Facebook are used to spread fake news and misinformation about Bangladesh.

He suggested that Bangladesh can emulate European nations' example to enact a law requiring online platforms to fact-check contents.

After an opening by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 14, hundreds of decision-makers and opinion leaders from different regions of the world will discuss the world's security policy challenges under the chairmanship of Christoph Heusgen.

The conference's main program will start with a focus on global security challenges, including global governance, democratic resilience, climate security, and many more topics.

Debates will take place on the state of the international order as well as regional conflicts and crises.

The future of the transatlantic partnership will also be a focus of the second day of the conference.

On Sunday, the conference will wrap up with discussions on Europe's role in the world.

The MSC 2025 will once again serve as a marketplace for ideas and create space for as many relevant and consequential debates as possible.

As in previous years, the conference's program consists of three parts: the main program curated by the MSC, around 200 official side events, and dozens of public outreach events.

The day before the conference, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, Jörg Kukies, will bring together ministers and high representatives from international institutions for the 4th No Money for Terror Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.

At the end of the third and last conference day, Jens Stoltenberg will succeed Christoph Heusgen as the new Chair of the MSC.