He said this at the Zia international Airport before leaving for Doha as an entourage member of the Prime Minsiter and leader of Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77.

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will lead a 30-member delegation to the two-day second South Summit in Doha from June 15. Khaleda will leave here for Qatar on June 14.

She will address the Summit on the opening day on June 15.

The inaugural session will also be addressed by Jamaica as the current chair of the group of 77, host Emir of Qatar and the UN Secretary General.

Bangladesh delegation, he said, will play its due role for consensus among the developing countries on the issues before the Hong Kong ministerial meeting.

Describing the two-day second South Summit as very significant,' he said Bangladesh will seek greater South-South cooperation. He said the leaders will review global agendas, including the UN reforms and millennium development goals and the challenges faced by them.

Morshed Khan said the Summit leaders will have opportunity to discuss the peace process in the Middle East.

He said," We have to address the issue of global terrorism, which can be combated through collective cooperation among countries of the world.

He said the Summit will provide the leaders opportunity to review progress of bilateral, regional and sub-regional groupings like Saarc, BIMST-EC and ACD.

They will discuss development challenges facing the South with special reference to high level plenary meeting of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly, he added.