PM Hasina leaves Saudi Arabia for Finland

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 10:56, Jun 03, 2019 | Updated : 10:58, Jun 03, 2019

Prime Minister waves to the crowd during her campaign rally at Sylhet on Sadturday (Dec 22). PHOTO: Focus BanglaPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Jeddah for Finland, wrapping up her three-day official tour to Saudi Arabia.

A flight of Lufthansa Air carrying the prime minister and her entourage is scheduled to take a four-hour stopover at Frankfurt, Germany, before reaching Helsinki, Finland, reports BSS.

During her stay in Finland, Sheikh Hasina meet Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on June 4.

The prime minister will leave Finland for home in the afternoon on June 7 and is scheduled to reach Dhaka on June 8.

Earlier on May 28, the prime minister left Dhaka for Tokyo, the first destination of her tri-nation visit to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland.

During her four-day stay in Japan, the two countries signed the 40th ODA deal involving US$ 2.5 billion after a bilateral meeting between Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

Besides, the premier attended the Nikkei International Conference on ‘The Future of Asia’ as a keynote speaker, joined a community reception accorded to her and attended a breakfast roundtable meeting with Japanese business leaders.

Also, the Japanese family members of the Holey Artisan victims and JICA president Shinichi Kitaoka separately met Sheikh Hasina there.

On May 31, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Japan for Saudi Arabia to attend the 14th OIC Summit 2019 held in Makkah.

During her three-day stay in Saudi Arabia, the prime minister attended the 14th session of the OIC’s Islamic Summit in Makkah, performed the holy Umrah in Makkah and offered Ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in Madina.

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