Professor Yunus Meets President Sarkozy
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France received Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus at Elysee Palace in Paris for a special meeting to discuss microcredit and poverty alleviation strategies for the developing world.
Professor Yunus Meets President Lula
Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Brazil from June 11-14, 2008, on invitation from the Brazilian Senate. He addressed the plenary session of the Senate on June 12. He met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Alvorada Palace. During the two hour meeting Professor Yunus and President Lula discussed on issues ranging from microcredit for poverty alleviation, health care, global food crisis, increasing agricultural productivity, climate change and other common issues facing both Bangladesh and Brazil.