Monday (August 2) at the state guest house Padma Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that although the outbreak of corona continues, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to attend the 76th UN Conference to be held in September.
A limited two-week UN conference will be held in New York next September. This will be the first foreign visit of the Prime Minister after 19 months.
The foreign minister said, the 76th UN conference would be held in New York on a limited basis for two weeks from September 14. World leaders will begin speaking on September 21. The high-level conference will be held from September 21 to 26. We do not know which countries’ heads of state or government will be involved. But I hope Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead us. ‘
“This year’s conference will be very limited,” Momen said. The UN has asked for far fewer people to be evacuated. No side events will take place inside the UN headquarters. There will be two high-level meetings. With a nuclear power, which I took part in last time on behalf of the Prime Minister. Another will be about the world situation. ‘
It may be mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has not visited foreign countries since the outbreak of corona in the country in March 2020.