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PM reaches Abu Dhabi en route to NY to attend 74th UNGA
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Sept 20, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here this afternoon en route to New York on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
She will deliver the country statement at the 74th Annual General Debate of the UNGA in New York on September 27.
During the visit, the prime minister will hold bilateral meetings with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on September 24 and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on September 28.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE at 6:15pm local time (8:15pm BST).
Bangladesh Ambassador to the UAE Mohammad Imran received the premier at the airport.
Earlier, the prime minister left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for Abu Dhabi at 3:35pm Bangladesh time.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Jatiya Sangsad Chief Whip Noor-e-Alam Liton Chowdhury and State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali were present at the airport to see the prime minister off.
Besides, the cabinet secretary, the chiefs of the three services, the PM’s principal secretary, the US ambassador in Dhaka, the UAE ambassador to Bangladesh, the Vatican’s ambassador and high civil and military officials were present at the airport.
After a one-day stopover in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Hasina will fly to New York by an Etihad Airways flight at 10:30 am (local time) on September 22.
The premier will arrive at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York at 4:25pm (local time) the same day where Bangladesh Ambassador to USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Masud Bin Momen will welcome her.
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