Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is leaving Dhaka this morning for Germany on a three-day official visit to attend Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024.
A flight (BG-207) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka with the Prime Minister and her entourage members at 11am, PMO press wing sources said.
The flight will arrive at München Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munchen, Germany at 17:20 hrs (Munich time).
During her stay in Munich from February 16 to 18, Sheikh Hasina will also hold meetings with Germany Chancellor and Prime Ministers of Denmark and Netherlands on the sidelines of the se-curity conference.
Indian external affairs minister will pay a call on the Bangladesh premier.
On February 16 morning, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, President of Women Political Leaders (WPL) is likely to pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at the bilateral meeting room of her place of res-idence.
At noon, Rt Hon Lord Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of United Kingdom, is expected to pay a call on the Bangladesh premier at the bilateral meeting room of her place of residence.
Sheikh Hasina may join the opening of the conference and welcome remarks by the Conference Chair at Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
On the same day, Axel Van Trotsenburge, Senior Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnership, World Bank will pay a call on the Prime Minister at the meeting room, conference venue.
Later, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting with Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of the King-dom of Denmark at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
Sheikh Hasina will later attend a panel discussion titled “From Pocket to Planet: Scaling up Cli-mate Finance” at Main Hall I, Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
At night, the Prime Minister is likely to join a community reception of the Bangladeshi expatriates in Germany at Burgerhaus Garching.
On February 17, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting with Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
Afterwards, S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, will pay a call on the Prime Minis-ter at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany will pay a call on the Bangladesh premier at the Conference Venue.
A meeting between Sheikh Hasina and Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germa-ny will be held at Garden Salon, Conference Venue.
The premier will later attend Ewald Von Kleist award ceremony and state dinner at Kisersaal Mu-nich Residence.
On February 18, the Prime Minister will depart München Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munchen, Germany for Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh flight BG-208 at 21:10 (Munich time).
She is scheduled to reach the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 11 am (BD time) on February 19.
