Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reached London, wrapping up her visit to Scotland after attending COP26 and other events in Glasgow.
A VVIP aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at Heathrow International Airport, London at 1:50 pm (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 before leaving for Paris as part of her two-week visit to the United Kingdom and France.
During her stay in London, the prime minister will attend a summit titled “Bangladesh Investment Summit 2021: Building Sustainable Growth Partnerships” on Thursday, 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.”
Besides, Sheikh Hasina will attend a Westminster’s program and civic reception to be accorded to her by the Bangladeshi community, inaugurate the newly-extended part of the Bangladesh High Commission and Bangabandhu Lounge there.
British Parliament Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and a delegation from Taylor & Francis will make courtesy calls on the Bangladesh prime minister in London.
The prime minister will stay in Paris from November 9-13.
During her stay in Paris, Sheikh Hasina will hand over the Unesco-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy, deliver the keynote speech as special guest zg 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.
Sheikh Hasina will receive an official reception at the French Senate and hold a meeting with a team of French senators headed by the President of Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group senator Mathieu Damaud.
A delegation from French business body MEDEF, including CEO of Airbus Guillaume Faury, President of Dassault Aviation Eric Trappier and President of Thales Patrice Caine, will meet the Bangladesh prime minister there.
Sheikh Hasina 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 from Paris on November 14.
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