Abdulla Shahid

Taliban not to participate in UNGA meet; diplomats of ousted Afghan government attend session

Afghanistan is scheduled to address the ongoing UN General Assembly session on 27 September

UNGA chief says world at 'turning point' as it faces COVID-19, fragility, conflict and climate change

Shahid, in his address to the opening of the 76th General Debate, said that challenges of climate change and the pandemic keep people awake at night and fuel a collective anxiety and worry that things are progressively getting worse.

Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid elected president of UN General Assembly

The Maldivian minister said his ‘immediate priority’ will be recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and working to ensure ‘vaccine equity’

Sushma Swaraj and Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid hold meeting to deepen bilateral cooperation

This is Abdulla Shahid's first visit after assuming charge as foreign minister of Maldives and assumes significance as the ties between both the countries had severely strained under the previous government in the island nation.