Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday arrived in London wrapping up her visit to Scotland after attending the COP26 and other events at Glasgow.
A VVIP aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Heathrow International Airport, London at 1:50pm (local time). Bangladeshi High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem received the Prime Minister at the airport.
Sheikh Hasina will stay in London till November 9 next before leaving for Paris as part of her two-week tour of the United Kingdoms and France.
During her stay in London, the PM will attend a summit titled “Bangladesh Investment Summit 2021: Building Sustainable Growth Partnerships” (Nov 04), inaugurate an art exhibition titled “Bangabandhu and Britain: A Centenary Collection” and unveil the covers of two books titled “Secret Documents’ (Vol i-ix) and “Mujib & Introduction.”
Hasina will also attend Westminster’s programme and a civic reception to be accorded to her by the Bangladeshi community, inaugurate the newly-extended part of Bangladesh High Commission Bhaban and Bangabandhu Lounge there.
British Parliament Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and delegation of Taylor & Framcis will pay courtesy calls on the Bangladesh Prime Minister in London.
The Prime Minister will stay in Paris from November 9 to November 13.
During her stay in Paris, Hasina will hand over ‘Unesco-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy,’ deliver the keynote speech as special guest in the inaugural session of the 75th founding anniversary of Unesco, and attend the Paris Peace Forum.
Besides, she will have meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, French Prime Minister Jean Castex and French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly.
Hasina will receive an official reception in the French Senate and hold a meeting with a team of French senators headed by the President of Interparliamentary Friendship Group senator Mathieu Damaud.
A delegation of French business body MEDEF, CEO of Airbus Guillaume Faury, President of Dassault Aviation Eric Trappier and President of Thales Patrice Caine will meet Hasina there.
She will also attend a civic reception to be accorded to her by the Bangladesh community in France.
The Prime Minister left Dhaka for Scotland on October 31 and is expected to return home on November 14 from Paris.
Source: United News of Bangladesh