Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday arrived on a three-day official visit to attend Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024.
A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members reached Munich, Germany at 4:34pm local time.
Sheikh Hasina was received by Bangladesh Ambassador to Germany Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan at the airport.
The flight departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11am (BD time). This is the prime minister’s first foreign visit after assuming office for the record fifth time and fourth in a row.
During her stay in Munich from February 16 to 18, Sheikh Hasina will also hold meetings with the German Chancellor and Prime Ministers of Denmark and Netherlands on the sidelines of the security conference.
She is also scheduled to talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud told a news briefing on February 14. The Indian external affairs minister will pay a call on the Bangladesh premier as well.
On February 16 morning, Women Political Leaders (WPL) President Silvana Koch-Mehrin is likely to meet with the prime minister at the bilateral meeting room of her place of residence, according to her visit schedule.
At noon, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Rt Hon Lord Cameron is expected to pay a call on the Bangladesh premier at the same place.
Sheikh Hasina may join the opening of the conference and welcome remarks by the Conference Chair at the Conference Hall of Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
On the same day, Senior Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnership of World Bank Axel Van Trotsenburge will have a meeting with the premier at the meeting room of the conference venue.
The prime minister will hold a meeting with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark Mette Frederiksen at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, and she will later attend a panel discussion titled “From Pocket to Planet: Scaling up Climate Finance” at Main Hall of Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
At night, she is likely to join a community reception accorded to her arranged by the Bangladeshi expatriates in Germany at Burgerhaus Garching. On February 17, the prime minister will hold a meeting with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Mark Rutte at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
Afterwards, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay a call on the prime minister at Hotel Bayerischer Hof. Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany Svenja Schulze will have a meeting with the Bangladesh premier at the Conference Venue.
A meeting between Sheikh Hasina and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz, will be held at the Garden Salon of Conference Venue. The premier will later attend the Ewald Von Kleist award ceremony and state dinner at Kaisersaal Munich Residence.
On February 18, she will depart from Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport in Munich of Germany for Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG-208) at 21:10 (Munich time). She is scheduled to reach the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 11am (BD time) on February 19.
