Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi today (September 8) to attend the G20 Summit to be held on September 8-10 at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Premier and her entourage members, landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport
in New Delhi at 12:40pm (local time).
Earlier, the flight departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka at 11am.
Prime Minister’s younger sister Sheikh Rehana is accompanying her during the visit.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, in a media briefing, on Thursday said that the Bangladesh Premier will join a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi this afternoon at the residence of the Indian Prime Minister.
On September 10, the second and last day of the G20 summit, the Bangladesh Prime Minister along with the leaders of other countries will pay homage at the Memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat.
After that she will join the concluding session of the conference. The “G20 New Delhi Leaders Declaration” will be adopted on the last day of the summit.
On September 10, the premier will return home.