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PRESIDENT-GENEVA-SUMMIT
President leaves for Geneva tomorrow to attend investment summit
DHAKA, Oct 20, 2018 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka
tomorrow night to attend the five-day summit of the World Investment Forum
2018 on October 22-26 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the United Nations
Headquarters in Europe.
“The President goes to Switzerland tomorrow night to take part in the
Global Leaders’ Investment Summit and the 20th annual session of the Homeland
and Global Security . . . A regular flight of Emirates Airline carrying the
President will fly to Geneva of Switzerland,” President’s Press Secretary
Joynal Abedin told BSS today.
The summit convenes heads of state and government, ministers and CEOs of
global companies to share their vision for the future, he said quoting a
foreign ministry source.
The World Investment Forum biennially gathers more than 4,000 investment
stakeholders from 160 countries, the source said.
Organized under the overall theme “Investing in Sustainable Development,”
the Forum will address global challenges for international investment in the
new era of globalization and industrialization.
The 2018 Forum consists of over 50 events, including the Grand Opening,
the Global Leaders Investment Summit, the Global Investment Game Changers
Summit, ministerial roundtables, conferences, private sector-led sessions,
Ted-style presentations, high-profile stakeholder roundtables, networking
events, award ceremonies and an Investment Village, he added.
“The President will return to Dhaka on October 27 wrapping up his five-day
trip in Geneva,” the press secretary added.
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