Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Image: file
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to Thailand for five days at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Shretha Thavisin.
Wednesday (April 24) A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10 am.
The plane is scheduled to land at Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport at 1:30 pm local time.
The prime minister will attend the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNSCAP) during a five-day official visit to Thailand.
The Prime Minister will visit till April 29. During the visit, an agreement, three memorandums of understanding and a letter of interest are likely to be signed between the two countries to increase cooperation with Thailand.
The Prime Minister will be formally welcomed by Thai Prime Minister Shretha Thavisin on April 26 and will be presented with a formal guard of honour.
On the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Thailand on April 24 to 29, Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, ‘This is both a bilateral and multilateral visit.’
He said, this visit is significant for both sides. Because it will open a new window of cooperation between two friendly countries (Bangladesh and Thailand).
During the visit, Bangladesh Prime Minister will hold bilateral talks with Thai Prime Minister Thavisin and attend the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNSCAP).
Next Friday, the Prime Ministers of the two countries will hold a bilateral meeting at the Government House of Thailand. On that day, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a state lunch hosted by the Prime Minister of Thailand as a courtesy. During the visit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will also meet King Maha Vajira-Longkorn Phra Vajira-Klachao-Uhua and Queen Sudhida Vajrasudha-Bimala-Lakshan at the Royal Palace of Thailand.
