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Former US Vice President Al Gore, who has emerged as one of the world's top climate change activists, has vowed to support Bangladesh's reform programmes.
Al Gore met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in the Swiss mountain city on Thursday.
They discussed the July uprising, climate change, and how to mitigate the impact of global warming, the reform initiatives undertaken by the Interim Government, and election and geopolitical issues, reports UNB.
The former US VP expressed his support for the country's reform programmes and fixing Bangladesh's institutions and its democratic transition through a free and fair vote, said Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.
Al Gore also praised the global Three Zero movement launched by Professor Yunus to combat carbon emissions, wealth concentration, poverty, and unemployment.
Prof Yunus handed him a copy of The Art of Triumph, the celebrated art book on graffiti and wall paintings drawn during the July uprising.
Al Gore lauded the "amazing" book and the revolutionary spirit of the Bangladeshi young people. "I looked at every page of the book," Al Gore said.