UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for London on September 14 en route to Canada and the United States on a 12-day official visit to the two North American countries.
Sheikh Hasina will first pay a four-day official visit to Canada to attend the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund (GF) in her first leg of the tour and then will go to the USA to join the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told UNB. Canada hosts the GF’s Replenishment Conference to fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria in Montreal, Quebec, on September 16-17.
A GF statement earlier said the conference will bring global health leaders together to further mobilise efforts to end the epidemics of three of the world’s most devastating diseases – AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – by 2030.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage is scheduled to take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for London at 9:50 am on September 14.
The flight is expected to reach Heathrow International Airport in the British capital at 4:05 pm (London time) the same day and after the overnight stopover in London, the Prime Minister will leave for the Canadian city of Montreal by Air Canada at 2:05 pm on September 15. The flight is scheduled to reach Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal at 4:15 pm (Montreal time) the same day when the Bangladesh leader will be received by a Canadian federal minister and Bangladesh High Commissioner in Ottawa Mizanur Rahman. After the reception at the airport, Sheikh Hasina will be escorted by a ceremonial motorcade to Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, Montreal where she will be staying during her visit to Canada. On September 16, she would attend the opening of the Replenishment Conference to be held at Hyatt Regency Montreal.
She will later join the Ministerial Pledging Moment and official reception of the conference with other heads of state and government at the same hotel in the afternoon. Hasina will also attend the official dinner to be hosted by her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau at Hyatt Regency Montreal.
On September 17, she will join the last-day opening of the conference along with the Canadian Prime Minister and Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybal. On the same day, she will attend the Panel Discussion-1, titled ‘Removing Barriers to Health through Empowering Women and Girls and Reaching the Most Marginalised’ and the Panel Discussion-2, titled ‘Engaging and Mobilising Youth to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals’. The Prime Minister will join the official lunch to be jointly hosted by the Canadian prime minister and Governor General of Canada Rt. Hon. David Johnston. She will later attend the closing session of the conference. The Bangladesh Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Trudeau.
She will also enjoy a concert along with other heads of state and government to be organised by Global Fund and Global Citizen. On September 18, Sheikh Hasina will leave Montreal for New York by an Air Canada flight at 1:40 pm (Local time). The flight is scheduled to reach La Guardia Airport, New York at 3 pm.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Masud Bin Momen will welcome her at the airport.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for London on September 14 en route to Canada and the United States on a 12-day official visit to the two North American countries.
Sheikh Hasina will first pay a four-day official visit to Canada to attend the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund (GF) in her first leg of the tour and then will go to the USA to join the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told UNB. Canada hosts the GF’s Replenishment Conference to fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria in Montreal, Quebec, on September 16-17.
A GF statement earlier said the conference will bring global health leaders together to further mobilise efforts to end the epidemics of three of the world’s most devastating diseases – AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – by 2030.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage is scheduled to take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for London at 9:50 am on September 14.
The flight is expected to reach Heathrow International Airport in the British capital at 4:05 pm (London time) the same day and after the overnight stopover in London, the Prime Minister will leave for the Canadian city of Montreal by Air Canada at 2:05 pm on September 15. The flight is scheduled to reach Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal at 4:15 pm (Montreal time) the same day when the Bangladesh leader will be received by a Canadian federal minister and Bangladesh High Commissioner in Ottawa Mizanur Rahman. After the reception at the airport, Sheikh Hasina will be escorted by a ceremonial motorcade to Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, Montreal where she will be staying during her visit to Canada. On September 16, she would attend the opening of the Replenishment Conference to be held at Hyatt Regency Montreal.
She will later join the Ministerial Pledging Moment and official reception of the conference with other heads of state and government at the same hotel in the afternoon. Hasina will also attend the official dinner to be hosted by her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau at Hyatt Regency Montreal.
On September 17, she will join the last-day opening of the conference along with the Canadian Prime Minister and Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybal. On the same day, she will attend the Panel Discussion-1, titled ‘Removing Barriers to Health through Empowering Women and Girls and Reaching the Most Marginalised’ and the Panel Discussion-2, titled ‘Engaging and Mobilising Youth to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals’. The Prime Minister will join the official lunch to be jointly hosted by the Canadian prime minister and Governor General of Canada Rt. Hon. David Johnston. She will later attend the closing session of the conference. The Bangladesh Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Trudeau.
She will also enjoy a concert along with other heads of state and government to be organised by Global Fund and Global Citizen. On September 18, Sheikh Hasina will leave Montreal for New York by an Air Canada flight at 1:40 pm (Local time). The flight is scheduled to reach La Guardia Airport, New York at 3 pm.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Masud Bin Momen will welcome her at the airport.
