Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stops over at London

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stopped over for 22 hours in London on way to Canada's Montreal.

She will be attending the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund in Montreal and then the United Nations General Assembly's 71st Session in New York during her 12-day tour.

"I wish to fulfil all my responsibilities in the best possible way," Hasina had said before embarking on the tour.

She sought everybody's blessings for the success of her 12-day tour.

Bangladesh High Commission in London said in a press statement the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage arrived at Heathrow International Airport around 4pm local time on Wednesday.

Bangladesh High Commissioner Khandker M Talha received her at the airport.

On Thursday afternoon, Hasina will take an Air Canada flight to Montreal.

​The prime minister left Dhaka for London on Wednesday morning from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Cabinet colleagues along with top military and civilian officials saw her off.

On the flight, Hasina exchanged greetings with the passengers and talked to many of them.

On Friday in Montreal, she will attend the two-day Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund, which will discuss global strategies to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, at Hyatt Regency hotel.

After participating in the inaugural session of the conference, Hasina later will join the Ministerial Pledging Moment with other heads of the states.

She will finish the day by joining a dinner hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

On the next day, she will participate in panel discussions titled 'Removing Barriers to Health through Empowering Women and Girls and Reaching the Most Marginalised' and 'Engaging the Youth to meet the Sustainable Development Goals'.

Then she is scheduled to join a lunch hosted by the Canada's Governor General David Johnston.

She will also have a bilateral meeting with Trudeau before attending a concert organised by the Global Fund.

On Sep 18, the prime minister will take an Air Canada flight to New York to attend the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.

She will then go to Hotel Waldorf Astoria where she will be staying during her stay in New York.

The next day, Hasina will deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly plenary on refugee rehabilitation.

After that, she will have a bilateral meeting with Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung Sang Suu Kyi.

Later in the day, Hasina as the co-chair will join a round table on global migration that will seek to focus on human rights for migrants in the context of 2030 agenda for sustainable development.

On Sep 20, she will participate in the inaugural session of the UN General Assembly. Later, she will participate in an Asian Leaders Forum meeting on counter-terrorism organised by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Hotel Marriot Eastside.

On the same day, she will attend a meeting on refugee issues organised by US President Barack Obama that will be followed by a reception.

On Sep 22, she is scheduled to engage the Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann and later attend the inaugural session of the Global Deal Initiative organised by the Swedish prime minister.

Later that afternoon, Hasina will address the UN General Assembly before attending a reception hosted by Bangladeshi expatriates in the evening.

She will also address a press conference in the Bangladesh mission in New York on that day.

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, she is scheduled to meet the heads of several other states, the Commonwealth secretary general, the World Economic Forum executive chairman and the World Bank president.

The prime minister will take an Emirates flight from Washington DC on Sep 25 and reach Dhaka the next day.

Source: bdnews24