PM leaves for Azerbaijan today to join NAM Summit

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BSS, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Baku on Thursday on a four-day official visit to Azerbaijan to attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
The two-day summit of the NAM, a forum of 120
developing countries, will be held at Baku Congress Centre in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku on October 25-26.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join the summit along with other heads of state and government of the member states of the NAM,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS on Wednesday.
According to the schedule of the visit, a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here for Baku on Thursday afternoon.
The flight is scheduled to land at Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 8:55 pm local time the same day.
After the reception at the airport, a ceremonial motorcade will escort the prime minister to Hotel Hilton Baku, where she will be staying during her tour to Azerbaijan.
On Friday morning, Sheikh Hasina will join the welcome ceremony of the 18th NAM Summit at Baku Congress Centre.
Azerbaijan President, Prime Minister and Speaker are expected to receive the NAM leaders at the venue.
Along with other NAM leaders, the Bangladesh prime minister will attend the opening ceremony of the summit at the Plenary Hall of Baku Cengress Centre. Afterward, Sheikh Hasina will join Working Luncheon for heads of the delegation at the Luncheon Hall of the centre and the Plenary Session.
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