Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave

home tomorrow for Germany in her maiden overseas tour in the third

consecutive term in office which would take her to the United Arab Emirates

(UAE) as well during the return journey.

A premier’s office spokesman said during the six-day two-nation tour

Sheikh Hasina would join an international security conference in Germany’s

Munich, and attend a defense exhibition in UAE’s Abu Dhabi where she would

also hold bilateral talks with the Middle Eastern nation.

According to the schedule she will leave Dhaka on a VVIP flight of Biman

Bangladesh Airlines tomorrow morning along with her entourage members as the

two-day Munich Security Conference begins on February 14.

The flight is scheduled to reach Munich International Airport at 1.15 PM

Munich time, where she has several other engagements including meetings with

leading business conglomerates and health campaigners.

The spokesman said Sheikh Hasina will visit Abu Dhabi form February 17 to

19 to attend the 14th International Defence Exhibition (IDEX-2019) and hold

bilateral talks with the UAE leaders.

Hours after reaching Munich, Sheikh Hasina will attend a community

reception to be organized by Bangladesh Mission in Germany at Hotel Sheraton

where she would stay during the visit.

The premier would attend the opening ceremony of the Security Conference

on the next day and deliver a statement, and take part in a discussion on

defense cooperation.

Sheikh Hasina is also scheduled to join a roundtable titled “Health in

Crisis-WHO cares” to be hosted by Center for Strategies and International

Studies and World Health Organisation (WHO).

She will also hold a meeting with Noble laureate 2017 Beatrice Fihn, who

is the executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear

Weapons and with Dr Fatou Bensouda, a top Prosecutor of the International

Criminal Court (ICC).

 

In the afternoon the prime minister will hold meetings with Joe Kaeser,

President and CEO of Siemens AG and Hans Wolfgang Kunz, CEO of Veridos.

She will join a dinner to be hosted jointly by Borge Brende, President of

the World Economic Forum, and Jared Cohen, CEO of Jigsaw.

On February 16 the prime minister will join a panel discussion on

“Climate Change as a Security Threat”.

From Munich Sheikh Hasina will arrive Abu Dhabi in the morning on

February 17 and attend the openning session of the International Defence

Exhibition (IDEX-2019) at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC).

During the visit the premier is likely to hold meeting with Sheikh

Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and

bilateral talks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President

and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai and other

leaders.

Sheikh Hasina will have an audience with Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al

Ketbi, Wife of Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founder and the

Inaugural President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi at Al Bahar Palace.

The prime minister will join a community event to be held at St Regis Abu

Dhabi Hotel where she will stay during the visit.

Sheikh Hasina will return home in the morning on February 20.