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President arrives Geneva to attend WIF summit
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 22, 2018 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid
arrived Geneva on a five-day official visit to Switzerland for joining the
summit of the ‘World Investment Forum (WIF)-2018’.
An Emirates flight carrying the President and his entourage members
landed at Cointrin Airport, Geneva, at 7:45 pm (local time) on October 22.
Earlier, he made a stopover in Dubai for over 10 and half an hour till 3:00
pm local time on the day.
Earlier, an aircraft (EK 585) of Emirates Airline carrying the President
and his entourage members took off from Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International
Airport at 2:03 am (BdST) on Monday.
The five-day summit will be held on October 22-26 at Palais des Nations
in Geneva, the United Nations Headquarters in Europe and a global hub for
diplomacy and banking, under the theme “Investing in Sustainable
Development”.
Later, Bangladesh Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative
to the UN Office Shameem Ahsan and representatives from the Cantonal
Government of Geneva and the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) welcomed the President at the airport.
From the airport, the President, in a ceremonial motorcade escorted to
Grand Hotel Kempinski, where he will be staying during his visit to
Switzerland.
“The President will deliver his speech as the first speaker at the
global leaders Investment Summit (session-1) on “Investment in a new era of
Globalization” at about 10 am local time Tuesday,” President’s press
secretary told BSS.
The investment summit convenes heads of state and government, ministers
and CEOs of global companies to share their vision for the future. The WIF is
a high-level, biennial, multi-stakeholder gathering designed to facilitate
dialogue and action on the world’s key emerging investment-related
challenges. It will focus on global challenges for international investment
in the new era of globalization and industrialization.
Its mission is to provide a platform to debate and discuss “investment
for development,” ultimately to promote investment flows that contribute to
sustainable and inclusive development.
With its ties to UN member states, the World Investment Forum is able to
bring together a broad coalition of investment stakeholders at the highest
level who can influence the global investment landscape. It biennially
gathers more than 4,000 investment stakeholders from 160 countries.
On the sidelines of the forum, President Hamid is also expected to hold
bilateral meetings with leaders of different countries.
Wrapping up his five-day tour, the head of the state is expected to
return home on October 27.
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