Fisheries Minister Dr. Mohamed Shainee has met with senior United Nations officials in New York.
Miroslav Lajčák, President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, posted pictures of his meeting with Minister Shainee.
Lajčák said they discussed his event on financing sustainable development goals on June 11.
Talked about my event on #SDGfinance72 on 11 June w/ H.E. Dr. Mohamed Shainee, Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture of #Maldives pic.twitter.com/qM2FiXuHYs
— UN GA President (@UN_PGA) June 4, 2018
The 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly will begin in September.
On Friday, a plenary meeting will be held to elect five non-permanent members of the Security Council. Senior officials of the Maldives foreign ministry are currently in New York, where the UN headquarters is established.
Maldives and Indonesia are running a fierce campaign to contest the chair reserved for the representative of the Asia Pacific region.
