Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Germany on a three-day official visit on Thursday morning to attend the Munich Security Conference, her first trip abroad since winning last month’s national election.
A flight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members is scheduled to depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11am, according to the official programme on the visit.
She is scheduled to arrive at München Franz Josef Strauss Airport, München, Germany at 17:20 (Munich time).
During her stay in Munich from February 16-18, Hasina will also hold meetings with German chancellor, prime ministers of Denmark and Netherlands on the sidelines of the security conference.
Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar is also scheduled to pay a call on PM Hasina.
On the morning of February 16, 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 Residence.
It will be followed by a courtesy call on the PM by Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of United Kingdom Rt Hon Lord Cameron at the same place
PM Hasina is scheduled to attend the event of opening 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 make 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 Denmark at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
Sheikh Hasina will later attend a panel discussion titled "From Pocket to Planet:Scalling up Climate 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 Bürgerhaus Garching.
On February 17, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting with Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany will meet the premier at the Conference Venue.
A meeting between Sheikh Hasina with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be held àt Garden Salon, Conference Venue.
The premier will later attend Ewald Von Kleist award ceremony and state dinner at Kisersaal Munich Residence.
On February 18, the prime minister will depart München Franz Josef Strauss Airport, München, Germany for Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh flight at 21:10 (Munich time)
The Premier is scheduled to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 11 am on February 19.
