Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached 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), BSS reports.
A VVIP Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the prime minister landed at London’s Heathrow Airport at 3:50pm local time.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Nazmul Qaunine received the premier at the airport. Earlier, at 10:20am Bangladesh time the flight departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal, PM’s Adviser HT Imam, Jatiya Sangsad Chief Whip ASM Feroze, the cabinet secretary, the chiefs of the three services and high civil and military officials were present at the airport to see off the prime minister.
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.
