UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Japan on Saturday midnight on a four-day official tour, which is expected to usher in a new horizon in the Bangladesh-Japan relationship.
This will be also Hasina’s first bilateral visit to the country after assuming office for the second successive term through the January 5 election. This is,
however, Hasina’s third visit to Japan as Prime Minister, as she visited the East Asian island nation in 1997 and 2010.
Japan, the largest bilateral development partner of Bangladesh, has been significantly contributing to the socioeconomic development of the country through financial assistance in sectors like poverty alleviation, physical infrastructure, power generation, human resources development.
Sources at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said, the Prime Minister will visit Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
During the visit, the Prime Minister would hold summit-level talks with her counterpart at the Prime Minister’s Office on May 26. The two prime ministers would later sign a joint statement which would be followed by a joint press announcement.
Ahead of the tour, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Shiro Sadoshima on Wednesday said that Japan wants to see Bangladesh to take a ‘very serious’ look at the ‘East’ instead of concentrating only on the ‘West’ to make the best use of its potential for trade expansion in the global market.
“We’ll try to impress her. Please, take a serious look towards the East. Because it’ll also satisfy your aspiration to diversify the base of your productions in the coming years,” he said. According to the tour schedule, the Prime Minister and her entourage will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Saturday midnight.
After making a stopover for one and a half hours at the Hong Kong International Airport, the Prime Minister is expected to reach Haneda International Airport in Tokyo at 1:00 PM (local time) where she will be received by Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan and Chief of Protocol of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shigeyuki Hiroki.
From the airport, Hasina will be taken in a ceremonial motorcade to Akasaka Palace in Tokyo where she will be staying during her visit to Japan.
Later, on Sunday evening, the friends of Bangladesh as well as former ambassadors of Japan to Bangladesh will meet the Prime Minister at her place of residence where she would address before them.
On May 26, Hasina will spend a busy day beginning with a welcoming ceremony at her place of residence followed by receiving a Guard of Honour. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will call on Hasina at her place of residence. The members of Bangladesh-Japan parliamentary league will then meet the Prime Minister at the same place.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Japan on Saturday midnight on a four-day official tour, which is expected to usher in a new horizon in the Bangladesh-Japan relationship.
This will be also Hasina’s first bilateral visit to the country after assuming office for the second successive term through the January 5 election. This is,
however, Hasina’s third visit to Japan as Prime Minister, as she visited the East Asian island nation in 1997 and 2010.
Japan, the largest bilateral development partner of Bangladesh, has been significantly contributing to the socioeconomic development of the country through financial assistance in sectors like poverty alleviation, physical infrastructure, power generation, human resources development.
Sources at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said, the Prime Minister will visit Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
During the visit, the Prime Minister would hold summit-level talks with her counterpart at the Prime Minister’s Office on May 26. The two prime ministers would later sign a joint statement which would be followed by a joint press announcement.
Ahead of the tour, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Shiro Sadoshima on Wednesday said that Japan wants to see Bangladesh to take a ‘very serious’ look at the ‘East’ instead of concentrating only on the ‘West’ to make the best use of its potential for trade expansion in the global market.
“We’ll try to impress her. Please, take a serious look towards the East. Because it’ll also satisfy your aspiration to diversify the base of your productions in the coming years,” he said. According to the tour schedule, the Prime Minister and her entourage will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Saturday midnight.
After making a stopover for one and a half hours at the Hong Kong International Airport, the Prime Minister is expected to reach Haneda International Airport in Tokyo at 1:00 PM (local time) where she will be received by Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan and Chief of Protocol of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shigeyuki Hiroki.
From the airport, Hasina will be taken in a ceremonial motorcade to Akasaka Palace in Tokyo where she will be staying during her visit to Japan.
Later, on Sunday evening, the friends of Bangladesh as well as former ambassadors of Japan to Bangladesh will meet the Prime Minister at her place of residence where she would address before them.
On May 26, Hasina will spend a busy day beginning with a welcoming ceremony at her place of residence followed by receiving a Guard of Honour. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will call on Hasina at her place of residence. The members of Bangladesh-Japan parliamentary league will then meet the Prime Minister at the same place.
