Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Goa this morning to attend the Bimstec Outreach Summit which the host country India considers as a ‘significant’ event.
Prime Minister Hasina will join the meeting at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Foreign Ministry said here on Saturday. The theme of the Summit is ‘A partnership in Opportunities’ and the Outreach Summit is being organised on the sidelines of BRICS Summit that began on Saturday.
Heads of states and government of other Bimstec member states will also attend the Outreach Summit. During the visit, the Prime Minister will also have meetings with some world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister will return home on Monday morning.
Earlier on Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the first-ever Bimstec outreach meeting with its leaders will be a significant event and hoped that it will yield dividends for all.
“The outreach with Bimstec leaders is significant. We hope to tap the huge potential for cooperation and the dividends this will bring,” he tweeted.
Modi, in separate tweets, said India is facilitating an outreach Summit with Bimstec leaders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
The Prime Minister along with her entourage will leave for India by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 8 am and reach Goa Naval Airport around 10:30 am.
Indian Minister of Science and Technology Alina Saldanha, Secretary (Cooperation) Padma Jaiswal, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India Syed Moazzem Ali and Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai Samina Naz will receive her at Goa. She will be given static guard and pass through a cultural programme.
