Members of a visiting delegation of German parliamentarians have joined a series of meetings and discussed a number of issues including cooperation in climate change.

The German parliamentary delegation, accompanied by German Ambassador to Bangladesh Achim Troster, met Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

The "fruitful meeting" covered a wide range of bilateral issues, including cooperation and climate change.

The delegation members had an insightful exchange with representatives of Bangladesh NGOs on their respective fields of activities on Friday.

An "active and unobstructed civil society" is an essential element of democracies, said the German Embassy in Dhaka following the meetings.

The delegation of six German parliament members is paying an official visit to Bangladesh from February 22 to 26 to “foster the strong ties” between the two nations further.

Renate Kunast, the Chairperson of the German-South Asian Parliamentary Group and a former German Minister, is leading the delegation.

Ambassador Troster hosted some of the eminent pillars of their bilateral cooperation in his residence to welcome the six-party delegation of the Federal Parliament to Dhaka.

During the visit, the delegation met with representatives of the legislative and executive organs of Bangladesh as well as a variety of members of civil society and business circles.

They discussed with their Bangladeshi counterparts various issues of mutual concern, including the deepening of the 50-year-long bilateral relations, politics, climate change, human rights, trade, migration, development cooperation and women empowerment.

The delegation consists of Renate Künast, MP; Dr André Hahn, MP; Paul Lehrieder, MP; Ria Schröder, MP; Andreas Larem, MP and Dr Malte Kaufmann, MP.