Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met with the Awami League leaders in London as she is en route to New York on an official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
They met with PM around 9pm at Claris Hotel in Central London on Friday. PM exchanged greetings with them and had a formal discussion.
UK Awami League president Sultan Mahmud Sharif said, “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has spent some time with us after she had a long journey to UK.”
Among others, UK Awami League General Secretary Sajidur Rahman Faruk, Vice President Jalal Uddin and others were present in the occasion.
The prime minister is scheduled to address the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly on Sept 27 and hold a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the same day.
She will also hold bilateral meetings with a number of world leaders, including Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the UNGA.
Sheikh Hasina will attend a Welcome Reception to be hosted by US President Donald J Trump, while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to call on her.
This year’s theme of the general debate is ‘Making the United Nations relevant to all people: Global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies’.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will place some specific proposals at the UNGA in continuation of her previous five-point proposal for resolving the Rohingya crisis, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali told a media call at the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka on Thursday.
He also said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will receive two awards during the UN general assembly.
The prime minister is scheduled to return home on Oct 1.