PM flies to Spain today to join COP25

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BSS, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Madrid on Sunday on a three-day official visit to Spain to join the “Heads of State and Government Summit” of the 25th Annual Conference of Parties (COP25).
The COP25 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held on December 2-13 in Madrid under the Presidency of
Chile and with logistical support from Spain. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines special flight carrying the premier and her entourage members will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here for Madrid on Sunday morning. The flight is scheduled to land at Madrid Torrejon Airport at 5:40pm (local time).
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the World Tourism Organization Hassan Mahmood Khandker will receive the prime minister at the airport.
After the reception at the airport, a ceremonial motorcade will escort the prime minister to Hotel Villa Magna in Madrid where she will be staying during her visit to Spain.
On Monday morning, the prime minister will attend the inaugural ceremony of the COP25 at Feria de Madrid, the largest exhibition complex in Spain and one of the most important venues in Europe.
Later, she will join the Working Session of the COP25 and hold a bilateral meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Sheikh Hasina will attend the official luncheon and will again join the Working Session in the afternoon.
She is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez.
The prime minister will join a reception to be hosted by the King and the Queen of Spain at Royal Palace on Monday evening. Wrapping up her three-day tour, Sheikh Hasina will depart from Madrid for Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 9am on Tuesday (local time).
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