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Denmark Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth in Dhaka on a 3-day visit

UNB . Dhaka
25 Apr 2022 12:50:40 | Update: 25 Apr 2022 13:01:13
Denmark Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth in Dhaka on a 3-day visit
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen received Crown Princess of Denmark Mary Elizabeth who arrived in Dhaka on a three-day visit on Monday — UNB Photo

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen received Crown Princess of Denmark Mary Elizabeth who arrived in Dhaka on Monday on a three-day visit.

She will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban and will hold a meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at a city hotel.

She will also meet the Rohingyas and host communities in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps.

The crown princess will attend a lunch hosted by the Danish Ambassador in Dhaka at her residence.

She is scheduled to reach Cox’s Bazar at around 5:00pm on Monday and will join a briefing by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) on Tuesday.

The Princess will travel to the Rohingya camps and will observe soil erosion control and environmental restoration activities of DRC through tree plantation at camp 5.

She will interact with 8-10 Rohingya beneficiaries in an open shed outside of the RCO. The Danish Crown Princess will plant trees there.

From Cox’s Bazar, she will travel to Satkhira on Wednesday morning and visit Kultoli village to meet climate-vulnerable community members.

The crown princess will visit the multipurpose cyclone shelter in the nearby community, its management committee and its functionality during the cyclone.

She will talk to the community member close behind the embankment about vulnerability, loss and damages caused by cyclones.

The crown princess will avail of a boat ride to the Sundarbans and will have interaction with the forest officials during a 15 minutes walk through the natural resource discussing biodiversity and saltwater intrusion in the Sundarbans.

She is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Istanbul on Wednesday night.

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