Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid has departed to Germany to attend the Berlin Climate and Security Conference.

The invitation-only high-level conference is to be held from June 4.

The conference brings together leading figures from governments, international organisations, the private sector, civil society, and the scientific community to discuss the growing risks that climate change presents for peace and security, and the need for quick and decisive action to prevent and minimise climate-related conflict and instability.

The Foreign Ministry statedthat Minister Shahid will also be attending the Fourth German-Asian Business Dialogue scheduled to take place on June 5 and hold meetings with senior officials from the German Government.

Minister Shahid is attending the Berlin Climate and Security Conference on the invitation extended by Heiko Maas, Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs.